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