bumpy

From bump + -y.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌmpi/

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• Rhymes: -ʌmpi

bumpy (comparative bumpier, superlative bumpiest)

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

   a bumpy ride

   a bumpy flight

   • 2013, Robin Wasserman, Seven Deadly Sins, volume 1: Lust; Envy, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 120:

     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.

   • 2019 June 19, Elisabeth Malkin and Ana Swanson, “Mexico Ratifies Trade Deal With the U.S. and Canada”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The path to approval has been bumpiest in Washington, where Democrats in Congress have raised concerns over Mexico’s enforcement of labor rights and environmental law — and smoothest in Mexico, where the president has described the accord as a guarantee of stability for his country’s economy.

   • 2023 May 5, Julie Weed, “Sick of Bumpy, Delayed Flights? New Weather Tech Could Help.”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     So, will flights just get bumpier and delays even more common? Not necessarily.

2. Covered with or full of bumps.

   Coordinate term: lumpy

   bumpy road