bump around

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar um movimento desajeitado ou sem rumo, frequentemente batendo em obstáculos, ou para descrever um processo de tentativa e erro.

A phrasal verb used to indicate moving clumsily or aimlessly, often hitting obstacles, or to describe a process of trial and error.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, sem objeto

1. Move clumsily or noisilyinformal

   To move in a clumsy, unsteady, or noisy manner, often hitting things.

   Fazer barulho ao se mover

   • The kids were bumping around in the attic all afternoon.
   • He bumped around the dark room, looking for the light switch.
   • The old car bumped around on the rough dirt road.

   Sinônimosbargeblunderbumbleclatterlurchstumble

   Antônimosflowglidesmooth

2. Travel without a fixed planinformal

   To travel or move from place to place without a specific destination or schedule.

   Viajar sem plano fixo

   • We spent the summer bumping around Europe with no itinerary.
   • After college, he bumped around the country for a few years.
   • They just bumped around the city, exploring random streets.

   Sinônimosdriftgadgallivantknock aboutmeandermoochrambleroamtraipsewander

   Antônimosremainsettlestay

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