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bumping

/ˈbʌmpɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb

bumping is spelled B-U-M-P-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, bumping means “Rocking, excellent, great” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in bumping?

Letters7: B-U-M-P-I-N-G
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is bumping?

Bumping appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce bumping?

  • /ˈbʌmpɪŋ/

Bumping has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bumping.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of bumping

  • more bumping comparative
  • most bumping superlative
  • bumpings plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does bumping mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    informalRocking, excellent, great.

noun

  1. 1

    The sound or action of a bump.

  2. 2

    The violent boiling when a homogeneous liquid is superheated to the point that the bubbles are formed at pressure greater than atmospheric pressure and be expelled from the container

  3. 3

    Form of racing for coxed fours traditional at Oxford and Cambridge Universities; bumps race (a form of racing for coxed fours traditional at Oxford and Cambridge Universities)

verb

  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of bump (a form of bump)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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