chest-bump

A form of chest bump — A greeting or gesture of celebration in which two people approach each other then jump and bump their chests together.

Meanings

verbchest-bump (third-person singular simple present chest-bumps, present participle chest-bumping, simple past and past participle chest-bumped)

present singular third person chest-bumps · participle present chest-bumping · participle past chest-bumped · past chest-bumped

  1. alternativeAlternative form of chest bump.

    As the final whistle peeped there was a brief celebration. Klopp chest-bumped his staff on the touchline.

    15 September 2018, Barney Ronay, The Guardian, Finely tuned Liverpool are really getting into Jürgen Klopp’s groove
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APA

chest-bump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chest-bump

MLA

“chest-bump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chest-bump. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chest-bump,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chest-bump.

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