bump (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Caveats: NONE

The OED has 1946 for this sense of "bump" (I.1.e): " The action of
thrusting forward the abdomen or hips in a dance or the like"

This 1932 map of Harlem:
http://assets.bigthink.com/images/strangemaps/22867/map.jpg
 has "Doing the "BUMP" - a dance."

It also has early cites for reefer, hotcha, and snakehips.
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Caveats: NONE

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