Dictionary

bumpy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbʌmpi/

Etymology

Etymology tree English bump Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bumpy From bump + -y.

Meanings

1. Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
   • So, will flights just get bumpier and delays even more common? Not necessarily. 2023 May 5, Julie Weed, “Sick of Bumpy, Delayed Flights? New Weather Tech Could Help.”, in The New York Times:
   • The path to approval has been bumpiest in Washington, where Democrats in Congress have raised concerns over Mexico’s enforcement of labor rights and environmental law — and smoothest in Mexico, where the president has described the accord as a guarantee of stability for his country’s economy. 2019 June 19, Elisabeth Malkin and Ana Swanson, “Mexico Ratifies Trade Deal With the U.S. and Canada”, in The New York Times:
   • There was no reason to pull off the interstate and drive twenty miles down a bumpy local road, just to stay in a dilapidated no-tell motel. 2013, Robin Wasserman, Seven Deadly Sins, volume 1: Lust; Envy, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 120:
   • a bumpy flight
   • a bumpy ride
2. Covered with or full of bumps.
   • bumpy road

Forms

Coordinates

lumpy

Deriveds

bumpiness · bumpy pavement · bumpily

Translations (40)

de uneben (covered with bumps) · es desparejo (covered with bumps) · es dispar (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · es disparejo (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · es agitado (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · es disparejo (covered with bumps) · sv skumpig (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · de holprig (covered with bumps) · es turbado (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · de holprig (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · pt enrugado (covered with bumps) · es escabroso (covered with bumps) · hu rázós (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · es desparejo (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · fr accidenté (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · zea 'ompelepompelig (covered with bumps) · fi kuoppainen (covered with bumps) · zea 'ollebollig (covered with bumps) · fi kuoppainen (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · bg изровен (covered with bumps) · vi gồ ghề (covered with bumps) · zea 'ompelig (covered with bumps) · es bacheado (covered with bumps) · hu göröngyös (covered with bumps) · ru тря́ский (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · hu turbulens (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · hu hepehupás (covered with bumps) · es borrascoso (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · ru уха́бистый (covered with bumps) · pdt humplich (covered with bumps) · mi ruturutu (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · pt acidentado (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · sv ojämn (covered with bumps) · tyz búp báp (covered with bumps) · ru неро́вный (covered with bumps) · es enrugado (covered with bumps) · sv guppig (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements) · ru бугри́стый (covered with bumps) · bg неравен (covered with bumps) · fi epätasainen (jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements)