bump-out

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bump-out

noun bump-outs · bumpout

  1. Australia The process of moving sets and equipment out of an event venue, such as a theatre or conference centre, after an event or performance. 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 ‘bro

    Opposite: bump-in

  2. A small extension to a house, often involving the expansion of an existing room.
  3. A small protrusion in the middle of a wall.
  4. A curb extension.

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@misc{bump_out_2026,
  title = {bump-out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bump-out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}