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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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
Participants will board a 4-wheel-drive for a bumpy 13-mile tour with frequent stops for pictures, sketches and questions.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
That week, nobody talked about anything but the lead-up to the big challenge in which Bukele and La Choly would see who could withstand the jolts of that bumpy musical fairground ride, which tries to shake off its passengers.
—Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026
This was just the beginning of what’s proven to be a challenging and bumpy integration of Idol’s new social voting method.
—Philiana Ng, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Bumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bumpy. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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