bumpity
- adjective
- /ˈbʌmpɪti/
- Informal
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irregular
- After the storm, the once smooth road became quite bumpity and hard to drive on.
Examples
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The road was bumpity and difficult to drive on.
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After the storm, the once smooth road became quite bumpity and hard to drive on.
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The children laughed as the wagon rolled down the bumpity path in the park.
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We enjoyed a bumpity ride on the old wooden roller coaster at the fair.
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We had a bumpity ride through the countryside.
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The children laughed as the wagon rolled down the bumpity path in the park.
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We enjoyed a bumpity ride on the old wooden roller coaster at the fair.
Synonyms
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1.0
A surface or movement that is not smooth and has small raised parts
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4.3
Moving in sudden, uneven ways that are not smooth
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3.0
Something that moves in an unsteady way with sudden bumps
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3.9
Moving in sudden small jumps instead of smoothly
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5.2
With sudden, uneven movements that are not smooth
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7.4
Moving with sudden, uneven bumps that make you feel unsteady
In a not smooth way that makes movement uneven
Causing a sudden rough movement or shock
Lively and bouncy in a way that looks jerky
A sudden, sharp jerk in the neck or body that you feel after a quick move
Making harsh rattling noises and moving in a jerky way
To move quickly back and forth or up and down, making things tremble
Antonyms
How Bumpy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bumpity comes from the simple word bump plus a playful ending -ity, and the word even sounds like the little jolts it describes. So, when something is bumpity it is 'full of bumps' or moves in a 'jolting' way.