Bump
# Bump

Bump or bumps may refer to:

## Arts and entertainment

* Bump (dance), a dance from the 1970s disco era
* BUMP (comics), 2007-8 limited edition comic book series

### Fictional characters

* Bobby Bumps, titular character of a series of American silent animated short films produced (1915–1925)
* Bump (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers universe
* Mr. Bump, a Mr. Men character

### Music

* "The Bump", a funky song by the Commodores from Machine Gun(1974)
* "The Bump", a 1974 hit single by the band Kenny
* Bump (album), a jazz album recorded by musician John Scofield in 2000
* "Bump", a song by Raven-Symoné from This Is My Time
* "Bump", a song by Fun Lovin' Criminals from Loco
* "Bump", a song by Spank Rock from YoYoYoYoYo
* "Bump", a song by Rehab from Graffiti the World
* "Bump", a song by Baby Blue from No Smoke Without Fire
* "Bump", a song by Brockhampton from Saturation
* "Bump", a 2006 song by Spank Rock

### Television

* Bump!, a Canadian gay and lesbian travel and lifestyle television series
* Bump, a pricing game on The Price Is Right television game show
* Bump (Australian TV series), a 2021 Australian streaming television drama series
* Bump (British TV series), a 1990 British children's animated programme featuring an elephant

## Culture

* Elbow bump, an informal greeting where two people touch or tap elbows
* Fist bump, an informal greeting
* The bumps, a birthday tradition

## Infrastructure and industry

* Bump, airline travel slang for the involuntary denial of boarding to passengers on an overbooked flight
* Bump (union), in a unionised work environment, a reassignment of jobs on the basis of seniority
* Bumper music or bump, in radio broadcasting a short clip of music used for transitions between program elements
* Coal mine bump, a seismic jolt occurring within a mine

## People

* Bump (nickname)
* Bump (surname)

## Sport

* Bump (football), a body contact alternative to a tackle and shepherding method in Australian rules football
* Bump (game), a basketball elimination game
* Bump (professional wrestling), making actual contact with another individual, an object, or the ground
* Bumps race, a type of rowing competition

## Other uses

* Bump (application), a popular app for the iPhone and Android smartphones which allowed users to easily share information
* Bump (Internet), a term for moving a thread to the top of a forum
* The Bump, a knoll on South Georgia Island; see Fortuna Bay
* Bumps River, in Centerville, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S.
