To cause to have bumps; to cover with bumps or make bumpy.
From the prefix 'be-' plus 'bump.' This follows the pattern of using 'be-' to create verbs meaning 'to cause something to have the quality of the root word.'
Though rare, 'bebump' follows the same logic as 'bejewel' or 'begem'—poetic verbs created by adding 'be-' that mean 'to adorn with' or 'to cause to have.' It's how creative writers expand vocabulary without inventing entirely new words.
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