Definition of a bump in the road

bump in the road    

noun

• a hindrance in some quest or extended task.

                                                                                                                
  
                                                                         
  
  Citation from "Media Blitz", Parks and Recreation (TV), Season 3 Episode 5 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  It's just a bump in the road.

  • See more words with the same meaning: hard, confusing, difficult, a problem.

  Last edited on Jan 27 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 20 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'hard, confusing, difficult, a problem':
confuzling	Definitions include: puzzling or confusing.
in a bind	Definitions include: to have a difficult-to-solve problem.
clutch, the	Definitions include: a metaphorical place suggesting a difficult situation or period of time.
rub, the	Definitions include: the problem.
doozy	Definitions include: something especially bad.
game over	Definitions include: of no more value or no longer cool.
b*tch	Definitions include: An acronym has been invented for the term, but long after the term entered use: "Beautiful Intellectuals That Cause Hard-ons."
goner	Definitions include: someone or something who will die soon.
unpossible	Definitions include: "impossible".
PP	Definitions include: acronym of "personal problem."
balls	Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment.
gonner	Definitions include: spelling variant of goner.
*ss out	Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed".
mumbo jumbo	Definitions include: speech one doesn't understand - usually jargon specific to a particular field.
do (one's) head in	Definitions include: to greatly confuse a person.
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Other terms relating to 'bump':
baby bump	Definitions include: a pregnant woman's "bump."
bump	Definitions include: a general insult or insulting retort.
bump fuzzies	Definitions include: to have sex.
bumping	Definitions include: full of people.
bumpin' peaches	Definitions include: having lesbian sex, as in bouncing titties together.
bump into	Definitions include: to see someone, in an unplanned way.
bump jeans	Definitions include: to engage in foreplay in which both (or all) participants keep their clothes on and "grind" sexually against each other.
bump nasties	Definitions include: To have sex.
bump off	Definitions include: to kill.
bump on	Definitions include: to struggle to overcome.
bump (one's) gums	Definitions include: Talking to much, or talking crap
bumps	Definitions include: a loud stereo system playing loud bass, hence bump.
bump that	Definitions include: it means to ignore, let go or pay him/her no attention.
bump titties	Definitions include: to have sex.
bump uglies	Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse.
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Other terms relating to 'in':
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
all in	Definitions include: involving everyone or everything.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
an ice cube's chance in hell	Definitions include: no chance.
a walk in the park	Definitions include: something easy.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
baked-in	Definitions include: included.
bald man in a boat	Definitions include: clitoris.
barge in	Definitions include: to intrude.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
Bash one's skull in	Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury
bat in the cave	Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils.
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
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Other terms relating to 'road':
dirt road	Definitions include: anal sex
down the road	Definitions include: at some future time.
feeder road	Definitions include: a small road that runs along the the side of a highway or freeway.
for the road	Definitions include: immediately before a person leaves a place.
get the show on the road	Definitions include: to start.
high-road	Definitions include: to claim a morally superior position.
high road, the	Definitions include: better behavior than someone else.
hit some bumps in the road	Definitions include: to encounter difficulties.
hit the road	Definitions include: to leave.
kick the can down the road	Definitions include: to procrastinate.
old dirt road, the	Definitions include: the anus.
one for the road	Definitions include: a final consumable (e.g. drink) before leaving an establishment.
road apple	Definitions include: horse feces.
road dawg	Definitions include: best friend.
road dog	Definitions include: a close friend.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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