bumpings
Repeated slight collisions
Bumpings is the plural of bumping—instances of one thing striking against another, or of being displaced from a position.
Airlines overbook flights, leading to passenger bumpings when too many people show up.
In workplace contexts, bumpings occur when senior employees displace junior ones during layoffs: The union contract governs bumpings based on seniority.
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- pulseArterial blood throb
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- thumpingHeavy, dull beating
drumming · pulsing · cadence · vibration · oscillation · bouncing · juddering · jolting
Sudden violent impact
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- fender-benderMinor vehicle collision
- rear-endButtocks or tail collision
- sideswipeOblique vehicular contact
shunt · prang · t-bone · ramming · broadside · smash · pileup · wreck
Dull impact noise
Forcible removal from position
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- removalAct of taking away
- demotionReduction in status
- downgradeReduce in status
ejection · unseating · supplanting · replacing · usurping · dethroning · sidelining · benching
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
thumping · drumming · pulsing · cadence · vibration · oscillation · bouncing · juddering · jolting · jarring
crash
Sudden violent impact
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- fender-benderMinor vehicle collision
- rear-endButtocks or tail collision
sideswipe · shunt · prang · t-bone · ramming · broadside · smash · pileup · wreck · jackknife
jostle
Push roughly against
elbow · jolt · prod · poke · shoulder · crowd · hustle · bustle · squeeze · press
thud
Dull impact noise
knock · rap · tap · clatter · thwack · bonk · plunk · smack · whump · clonk
ousting
Forcible removal from position
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- removalAct of taking away
- demotionReduction in status
downgrade · ejection · unseating · supplanting · replacing · usurping · dethroning · sidelining · benching
bumpingsavoidances
Acts of steering clear
misses · clearances · non-contacts · evasions · skimmings
bumpingsconfirmations
Acts of proving true
accommodations · boardings · seatings · admissions · inclusions
- chest bumpingCelebratory frontal collision
- fist bumpingKnuckle-to-knuckle greeting gesture
- bumping and grindingSexually suggestive dancing
- bumping offMurdering, informally
- bumping into things
- bumping ugliesCrude intercourse slang