bumpy

Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.

Adjective

  1. Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
    • a bumpy ride
    • a bumpy flight
    • There was no reason to pull off the interstate and drive twenty miles down a bumpy local road, just to stay in a dilapidated no-tell motel. - 2013, Robin Wasserman, Seven Deadly Sins, volume 1: Lust; Envy, Simon and...
  2. Covered with or full of bumps.
    • bumpy road

    Coordinate Terms: lumpy

Origin

Etymology tree English bump Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bumpy From bump + -y.

Forms

bumpier bumpiest

Derived

bumpily bumpiness bumpy pavement