rebump

English

Etymology

re- +‎ bump

Verb

rebump (third-person singular simple present rebumps, present participle rebumping, simple past and past participle rebumped)

  1. (rowing, transitive) To catch (a boat) again, in a bumps race.
    • 1884, The Oxford Magazine, volume 2, page 268:
      The next day we were able to rebump Merton before they caught Lincoln, so could only row over, but on Wednesday we bumped Lincoln in the Gut.
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