bump

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(noun): A light blow or jolting collision.
(noun): The sound of such a collision.
(noun): A protuberance on a level surface.
(noun): A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
(noun): One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (metonymically) the faculty itself
(noun): The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
(noun): The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
(noun): A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
(noun): A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
(noun): A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
(noun): The noise made by the bittern; a boom.
(noun): (preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump each other's hips together.
(noun): In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
(noun): A coarse cotton fabric.
(noun): A training match for a fighting dog.
(noun): The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
(noun): Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
(verb): To knock against or run into with a jolt.
(verb): To move up or down by a step; displace.
(verb): To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
(verb): (of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
(verb): To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
(verb): To move the time of (a scheduled event).
(verb): To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
(verb): To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
(verb): To spread out material so as to fill any desired number of pages.

the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness
US presidential nominees get a post-convention bump in survey ratings.
I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read.