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botsen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bump noun A light collision or jolt, or the sound it makes.
  • collide verb To crash into something else with force, usually by accident.
  • encounter verb To meet or come across someone or something, especially unexpectedly.
  • jolt verb To shake or push something abruptly and roughly.
  • knock verb To strike something, especially a door, sharply with the knuckles or an object.

Senses

botsen is used for these senses in English:

  • collide (intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent.
  • encounter (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
  • impinge (intransitive, rarely, transitive) To make a physical impact on.
  • jolt An act of jolting.
  • knock (transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.

bump — full definition

  1. noun A light collision or jolt, or the sound it makes.
  2. noun A small swelling or lump on a surface or on the skin.
  3. noun Informal term for a pregnant woman's swollen belly.
  4. verb To knock against something, or to move someone or something to a later position or time.
  5. verb To reply to an online post specifically to push it back to the top of a list.

collide — full definition

  1. verb To crash into something else with force, usually by accident.
  2. verb To be in conflict, or to clash over something, especially ideas or interests.

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