Index of English words, starting with "bu"

(1) - Bumble (v. i.) To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern.
(2) - Bumble (n.) The bittern.

(1) - Bumblebee (n.) A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound.

(1) - Bumkin (n.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen.

(1) - Bummer (n.) An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.

(1) - Bump (n.) The noise made by the bittern.
(2) - Bump (v. i.) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
(3) - Bump (n.) The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.
(4) - Bump (n.) One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of "veneration;" the bump of "acquisitiveness."
(5) - Bump (n.) A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.
(6) - Bump (n.) A thump; a heavy blow.
(7) - Bump (v. i.) To come in violent contact with something; to thump.
(8) - Bump (v. t.) To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.