Bump and Dent

Bump

Bump noun - A small rounded mass of swollen tissue.

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Dent and bump are semantically related in chuckhole topic. In some cases you can use "Dent" instead the word "Bump" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: bumped, bumper, bumpy, bumping

Dent noun - A sunken area forming a separate space.

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Bump and dent are semantically related in chuckhole topic. Sometimes you can use "Bump" instead the word "Dent" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: dented, dentation, dental, denture, denting

old	old bump	old dent
good	good bump	good dent
nice	nice bump	nice dent
better	better bump	better dent
Other adjectives: single, visible, nasty, small, massive, large, big, serious, huge, little, tiny, slight, flat, noticeable, major, minor, mere, slightest, significant, bigger.

In a "Numbskulls" comic in The Beezer, "Our Man" gets a bump on his head, which creates a dent in Brainy's filing cabinet that means he can't open the drawer that contains Our Man's name and address.

Source: Easy Amnesia
One of the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books has Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect bump into each other unexpectedly after a long separation.

Source: "You!" Exclamation
The resultant bump makes a dent in his helmet.

Source: Cranial Eruption

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