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bumpy

English

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Etymology

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From bump +‎ -y.

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Adjective

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bumpy (comparative bumpier, superlative bumpiest)

  1. Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
    a bumpy ride
    a bumpy flight
    • 2013, Robin Wasserman, Seven Deadly Sins, volume 1: Lust; Envy, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 120:
      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.
    • 2019 June 19, Elisabeth Malkin and Ana Swanson, “Mexico Ratifies Trade Deal With the U.S. and Canada”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      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.
    • 2023 May 5, Julie Weed, “Sick of Bumpy, Delayed Flights? New Weather Tech Could Help.”, in The New York Times‎[2]:
      So, will flights just get bumpier and delays even more common? Not necessarily.
  2. Covered with or full of bumps.
    Coordinate term: lumpy
    bumpy road

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