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Synonyms

bust, catastrophe, debacle, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, lemon, loser, turkey, washout—more at FAILURE

1bump noun 1 : a local bulge; especially : a swelling of tissue

2 : a sudden forceful blow or impact

Synonyms

[1] knot, lump, nodule, swelling; also growth, tumor, wart

[2] collision, concussion, crash, impact, jar, jolt, shock, smash, strike, wallop—more at IMPACT

2bump verb 1 : to strike or knock forcibly; also : to move by or as if by bumping

2 : to collide with

Synonyms

bang, bash, collide, crash, hit, impact, knock, ram, slam, smash, strike, swipe, thud—more at HIT

1bumper noun 1 : a cup or glass filled to the brim

2 : something unusually large

2bumper adjective : unusually large

Synonyms

big, grand, great, large, outsize, oversize, whopping—more at LARGE

3bumper noun : a device for absorbing shock or preventing damage; especially : a usu. metal bar at either end of an automobile

Synonyms

buffer, cushion, fender, pad—more at CUSHION

bump·kin noun : an awkward and unsophisticated country person

Synonyms

clodhopper, hick, hillbilly, provincial, rustic, yokel—more at HICK

bump·tious adjective : obtusely and often noisily self-assertive

bumpy adjective : having or covered with bumps; also : marked by bumps or jolts

Synonyms

broken, coarse, irregular, jagged, lumpy, pebbly, ragged, rough, rugged, uneven—more at UNEVEN

bun noun : a sweet biscuit or roll

1bunch noun 1 : SWELLING

2 : a number of things of the same kind

— bunchy adjective

Synonyms

array, assemblage, bank, batch, block, clump, cluster, collection, group, huddle, knot, lot, package, parcel, set, suite

2bunch verb : to form into a group or bunch

Synonyms

cluster, crowd, huddle, press—more at PRESS

bun·co or bun·ko noun, plural buncos or bunkos : a swindling scheme

— bunco verb

1bundle noun 1 : several items bunched and fastened together; also : something wrapped for carrying

2 : a considerable amount : LOT

3 : a small band of mostly parallel nerve or muscle fibers

Synonyms

pack, package, parcel—more at PACKAGE

2bundle verb bun·dled; bun·dling : to gather or tie in a bundle

bun·dling noun : a former custom of a courting couple's occupying the same bed without undressing

bung noun : the stopper in the bunghole of a cask

bun·ga·low noun [ORIGIN: Hindi & Urdu banglā, lit., (house) in the Bengal style]

: a one-storied house with a low-pitched roof

bun·gee cord noun : a long elastic cord used esp. as a fastening or shock-absorbing device

bungee jump verb : to jump for sport from a height (as from a bridge) while attached to a sturdy bungee cord

— bungee jumper noun

bung·hole noun : a hole for emptying or filling a cask

bun·gle verb bun·gled; bun·gling : to do badly : BOTCH

— bungle noun

— bun·gler noun

Synonyms

bobble, botch, butcher, flub, foul up, fumble, mangle, mess, muff, murder—more at BOTCH

bun·ion noun : an inflamed swelling of the first joint of the big toe

1bunk noun : BED; especially : a built-in bed that is often one of a tier

2bunk noun : insincere or foolish talk : BUNKUM, NONSENSE

Synonyms

claptrap, drivel, folly, foolishness, fudge, hogwash, humbug, nonsense, piffle, rot, silliness, slush, stupidity, trash—more at NONSENSE

bunk bed noun : one of two single beds usu. placed one above the other

bun·ker noun 1 : a bin or compartment for storage (as for coal on a ship)

2 : a protective embankment or dugout

3 : a sand trap or embankment constituting a hazard on a golf course

bun·kum or bun·combe noun [ORIGIN: Buncombe County, N.C.; fr. a remark made by its congressman, who defended an irrelevant speech by claiming that he was speaking to Buncombe]

: insincere or foolish talk

bun·ny noun, plural -nies : RABBIT

Bun·sen burner noun : a gas burner usu. consisting of a straight tube with air holes at the bottom

1bunt verb 1 : 1BUTT

2 : to push or tap a baseball lightly without swinging the bat

2bunt noun : an act or instance