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
- noun A light collision or jolt, or the sound it makes.
- noun A small swelling or lump on a surface or on the skin.
- noun Informal term for a pregnant woman's swollen belly.
- verb To knock against something, or to move someone or something to a later position or time.
- verb To reply to an online post specifically to push it back to the top of a list.
collide — full definition
- verb To crash into something else with force, usually by accident.
- verb To be in conflict, or to clash over something, especially ideas or interests.