bump – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bump

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bump sb off
Participle: bumped sb off
Gerund: bumping sb off

Cognates

See the 4 cognates of bump

Indicative

Present

Ibump sb off
youbump sb off
he;she;itbumps sb off
webump sb off
youbump sb off
theybump sb off

Perfect

Ihave bumped sb off
youhave bumped sb off
he;she;ithas bumped sb off
wehave bumped sb off
youhave bumped sb off
theyhave bumped sb off

Past

Ibumped sb off
youbumped sb off
he;she;itbumped sb off
webumped sb off
youbumped sb off
theybumped sb off

Pluperfect

Ihad bumped sb off
youhad bumped sb off
he;she;ithad bumped sb off
wehad bumped sb off
youhad bumped sb off
theyhad bumped sb off

Future

Iwill bump sb off
youwill bump sb off
he;she;itwill bump sb off
wewill bump sb off
youwill bump sb off
theywill bump sb off

Future Perfect

Iwill have bumped sb off
youwill have bumped sb off
he;she;itwill have bumped sb off
wewill have bumped sb off
youwill have bumped sb off
theywill have bumped sb off

Subjunctive

Present

Ibump sb off
youbump sb off
he;she;itbump sb off
webump sb off
youbump sb off
theybump sb off

Perfect

Ihave bumped sb off
youhave bumped sb off
he;she;ithave bumped sb off
wehave bumped sb off
youhave bumped sb off
theyhave bumped sb off

Imperfect

Ibumped sb off
youbumped sb off
he;she;itbumped sb off
webumped sb off
youbumped sb off
theybumped sb off

Pluperfect

Ihad bumped sb off
youhad bumped sb off
he;she;ithad bumped sb off
wehad bumped sb off
youhad bumped sb off
theyhad bumped sb off

Conditional

Present

Iwould bump sb off
youwould bump sb off
he;she;itwould bump sb off
wewould bump sb off
youwould bump sb off
theywould bump sb off

Perfect

Iwould have bumped sb off
youwould have bumped sb off
he;she;itwould have bumped sb off
wewould have bumped sb off
youwould have bumped sb off
theywould have bumped sb off

Imperative

youbump sb off
weLet's bump sb off
youbump sb off

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam bumping sb off
youare bumping sb off
he;she;itis bumping sb off
weare bumping sb off
youare bumping sb off
theyare bumping sb off

Perfect

Ihave been bumping sb off
youhave been bumping sb off
he;she;ithas been bumping sb off
wehave been bumping sb off
youhave been bumping sb off
theyhave been bumping sb off

Past

Iwas bumping sb off
youwere bumping sb off
he;she;itwas bumping sb off
wewere bumping sb off
youwere bumping sb off
theywere bumping sb off

Pluperfect

Ihad been bumping sb off
youhad been bumping sb off
he;she;ithad been bumping sb off
wehad been bumping sb off
youhad been bumping sb off
theyhad been bumping sb off

Future

Iwill be bumping sb off
youwill be bumping sb off
he;she;itwill be bumping sb off
wewill be bumping sb off
youwill be bumping sb off
theywill be bumping sb off

Future Perfect

Iwill have been bumping sb off
youwill have been bumping sb off
he;she;itwill have been bumping sb off
wewill have been bumping sb off
youwill have been bumping sb off
theywill have been bumping sb off

Conditional

Present

Iwould be bumping sb off
youwould be bumping sb off
he;she;itwould be bumping sb off
wewould be bumping sb off
youwould be bumping sb off
theywould be bumping sb off

Perfect

Iwould have been bumping sb off
youwould have been bumping sb off
he;she;itwould have been bumping sb off
wewould have been bumping sb off
youwould have been bumping sb off
theywould have been bumping sb off

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'bump'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'bump'

bum, burp, dump, hump, jump, lump, mump, pump, sump, tump,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

1. 1611, perhaps Scand., probably echoic, original sense was "hitting" then of "swelling from being hit." Also has a long association with obs. bum "to make a booming noise," which influenced surviving senses like bumper crop, for something full to the brim. Bumpers first recorded 1839, on railroad cars; 1926 on automobiles. To bump into "meet" is from 1880s; to bump off "kill" is 1908 in underworld slang.
2. From Early Modern English bump (“a shock, blow from a collision”), probably of North Germanic origin; compare Danish bump (“a thump”), Danish bumpe (“to thump”), Old Danish bumpe (“to strike with a clenched fist”), all probably of imitative origin.
3. Apparently related to Middle English bumben, bummen (“to make a hollow noise”), Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”), German Low German bumsen (“to bump, push”), German bummen (“to hum, buzz”), Icelandic bumba (“drum”). More at bum, bumble. Compare also bomb. See: Danish 'bumpe', Dutch 'bommen', German, old spelling 'bummen', Icelandic 'bumba'.

Verbs referencing "bump"

Danish bumpe.

Sample Sentences

  • The labouring of the ship in the troubled sea on this night I shall never forget. ‘Will it ever be worse than this ? ’ was a question I had often heard asked, when everything was sliding and bumping about, and when it certainly did seem difficult to comprehend the possibility of anything afloat being more disturbed, without toppling over and going down. But what the agitation of a steam-vessel [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] at night: say half-past ten: moonlight, warm, and dull enough. The steamer (not unlike a child 's Noah 's ark in form, with the machinery on the top of the roof ) is riding lazily up and down, and bumping clumsily against the wooden pier, as the ripple of the river trifles with its unwieldy carcase. The wharf is some distance from the city. There is nobody down here; and one or two dull lamps upon [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] merriment in the water, until the arrival of the railway train, for whose final contribution to our stock of passengers, our departure was alone deferred. It brought a great many boxes, which were bumped and tossed upon the roof, almost as painfully as if they had been deposited on one 's own head, without the intervention of a porter 's knot; and several damp gentlemen, whose clothes, on their [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)