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• a  causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
• s  covered with or full of bumps
  a bumpy country road

• The mouth of the bottle is large enough to accommodate ice cubes, but that also means sipping can be dodgy on bumpy flights.
• And if the road gets bumpy, a shock sensor detects the vibration so that he can stabilize his body and stay on the seat.
• It's been a bumpy ride so far for Argentina's new president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

• rough
• rocky
• jolty
• jolting
• jumpy

• smooth

News & Articles

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• Fmr. Fed Top Economist Warns of “Bumpy Ride”
  The Federal Reserve Bank’s former Chief Economist, David Stockton, warns of a "bumpy ride" ahead. He also criticizes his former employer. Even with a better-performing economy, markets are in for a “bumpy ride”, cautions the Federal Reserve Bank’s former Chief … Continue reading ?
  June 14, 2013 - Talking Numbers via Yahoo! Finance
• Development center for tech start-ups launches in Los Angeles
  When tech entrepreneurs look back at their bumpy launches, a common lament is, “If only I had known.”        
  June 14, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
• Another Bumpy Ride in Store for Markets
  Thursday could be bumpy, as rising interest rates continue to shake up markets and traders watch foreign exchange markets with a wary eye.
  June 13, 2013 - CNBC

Quotes

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• Tiger Wood in Palm Beach Post
  I hit so many putts that - my good ones are not going in, and then my bad ones aren't even close,Woods told reporters. "It's a little bit slow and bumpy, but you have to be committed to hitting it that hard, and I left a lot of putts...
• Kevin Smith in The Associated Press
  Even though we are making the right decision to lower the price of iPhone, and even though the technology road is bumpy, we need to do a better job taking care of our early iPhone customers as we aggressively go after new ones with a lower price.... Steve Jobs http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHFpiLQGE3TpxL8n_6QAG60yoNUHA CNET News.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://news.com.com/8301-13579_3-9773207-37.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEqLX3dwaZq1cHOxbbFnk6G2Uvkxw Sep 6, 2007 13544 18339 bumpy It's going to be a bumpy ride," Smith said.