bumps
(British, with "the") The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday.
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If he bumps himself off in the bunker, I’ll consider it money well spent.
The rollout for autonomous vehicles has had a few bumps in the road.
I'm not sure if Dandadan is good anymore. This arc feels drawn out, and is bad. Not a great combo. Total regression of characters. Amnesia arcs are bad. Idk if it's a Shounen curse but it feels like all these popula…
Car Driven by Cornell’s President Bumps Into Students After Confrontation Over Gaza https://www.europesays.com/people/57501/ Students at Cornell University had gathered on Thursday for an evening of debate over the…
The ‘Lizard of Edmonton’, huh… ( Aki leaned in, looking at the fossils that Slashy was talking about. A smidgen of a smile crossed his face as he went on and on. ) Really? You can tell all that just from a few bum…
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(British, with "the") The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday.
“If he bumps himself off in the bunker, I’ll consider it money well spent.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The rollout for autonomous vehicles has had a few bumps in the road.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I'm not sure if Dandadan is good anymore. This arc feels drawn out, and is bad. Not a great combo. Total regression of characters. Amnesia arcs are bad. Idk if it's a Shounen curse but it feels like all these popular ones hit speed bumps, and/or can't land the ending.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Car Driven by Cornell’s President Bumps Into Students After Confrontation Over Gaza https://www.europesays.com/people/57501/ Students at Cornell University had gathered on Thursday for an evening of debate over the war in Gaza…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The ‘Lizard of Edmonton’, huh… ( Aki leaned in, looking at the fossils that Slashy was talking about. A smidgen of a smile crossed his face as he went on and on. ) Really? You can tell all that just from a few bumps and dents? Impressive. You know a lot, it seems...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(chiefly, UK, idiomatic) To cut class; to play truant.