bump into

English

Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbʌmˈpɪn.tuː/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbʌmˈpɪn.tu/
• (unstressed, before consonants) IPA^(key): /ˌbʌmˈpɪn.tə/

  • Audio (General Australian):

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• (unstressed, before vowels) IPA^(key): /ˌbʌmˈpɪn.tʊ/
• Rhymes: (unstressed, before consonants) -ɪntə

Verb

bump into (third-person singular simple present bumps into, present participle bumping into, simple past and past participle bumped into)

1. (intransitive, literally) To collide with.

   He bumped into the wall. I guess that's a risk you take when you read while walking.

2. (transitive, literally) To cause (a thing) to collide with.

   The roads were so slippery that I couldn't stop, and I bumped my car into the car in front of me.

3. (transitive, idiomatic) To meet by chance.

   Synonym: run into

   We bumped into each other at the library yesterday.

Related terms

• bump-in

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: hacerse encontradizo m (feigned happenstance), hacerse el encontradizo m (feigned happenstance)