bump-in

plural bump-ins

1. AustraliaThe process of moving sets and equipment into an event venue, such as a theatre or conference centre, and setting it up ready for the event or performance.

   In the event industry there are two critical times when safety is often compromised, at bump-in and at bump-out. At bump-in the organizer is usually pressed for time and it is not uncommon for installers to work around the clock.

   2014, Lynn Van Der Wagen, Lauren White, Human Resource Management for the Event Industry, page 110

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   One company in particular, TAE, also played to tens of thousands of schools students in the Northern Territory and Queensland.[…]By the end of 1999, after years of hard yakka and a few too many bump-ins and outs, some full time company members were growing tired - including of being permanently ‘broke’.

   2005, Gunduz Kalic, “Taking Liberties”, in Peter Billingham, editor, Radical Initiatives in Interventionist and Community Drama, page 82

   Antonyms: bump-out

2. An instance of bumping into someone (meeting them by chance).

   Some clients are just too busy, and it is best to get a sense of how things are going from them during informal elevator bump-ins, collegial chatter before grand rounds, or morning report.

   2020, Judy C. Stribling, Antonio P. DeRosa, “Creating Clinical Partnerships”, in Judy C. Stribling, editor, The Clinical Medical Librarian's Handbook, page 29