bumpier; bumpiest
1
: having or covered with bumps
2
a
: marked by bumps or jolts
b
: marked by or full of difficulties
Examples of bumpy in a Sentence
The road is very bumpy.
the bumpy skin of a cucumber
The flight was very bumpy.
The road was rough so we had a bumpy ride.
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Election Day in Jefferson County started with a bumpy morning featuring slow voting machines.
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Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
The chaos inside offices, especially the vice president’s office, is always really bumpy at the very beginning.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2024
My kids were thrilled to be bounced around on this extra bumpy adventure.
—Cynthia J. Drake, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
The two hit a bit of a bumpy patch in the pods when Taylor was fearful that her ethnicity would be a problem for Garrett, who admitted to only having dated white women previously.
—Joelle Goldstein, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
The chaos inside offices, especially the vice president’s office, is always really bumpy at the very beginning.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2024
My kids were thrilled to be bounced around on this extra bumpy adventure.
—Cynthia J. Drake, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
The two hit a bit of a bumpy patch in the pods when Taylor was fearful that her ethnicity would be a problem for Garrett, who admitted to only having dated white women previously.
—Joelle Goldstein, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Bumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bumpy. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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