bump – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bump

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 4 cognates of bump

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youbump sb up
weLet's bump sb up
youbump sb up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)