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bumper

English

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Etymology

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From bump +‎ -er.

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Noun

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bumper (plural bumpers)

  1. Someone or something that bumps.
  2. (obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
  3. (colloquial, now chiefly attributive) Anything large or successful.
  5. (automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.
  6. Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.
    The company sells screw-on rubber bumpers and feet.
  7. (cricket) A bouncer.
  8. (billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
  9. A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.
  10. (broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
  11. (slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
  12. (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
  13. (music) An extra musician (not notated in the score) who assists the principal French horn by playing less-exposed passages, so that the principal can save their 'lip' for difficult solos. Also applied to other sections of the orchestra.
  14. (pinball) An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.
  15. (Australia, slang) A cigarette butt.
  16. (horse racing) In National Hunt racing, a flat race for horses that have not yet competed either in flat racing or over obstacles.
  17. (video games) A shoulder button on a gamepad.

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Descendants

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Descendants
  • Dutch: bumper
  • Japanese: バンパー (banpā)
  • Korean: 범퍼 (beompeo)
  • Russian: ба́мпер (bámper)

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Adjective

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bumper (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Wonderfully large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
    a bumper collection of silly jokes
    We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year.

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Verb

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bumper (third-person singular simple present bumpers, present participle bumpering, simple past and past participle bumpered)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To drink from the vessels called bumpers.

Danish

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Verb

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bumper

  1. present tense of bumpe

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English bumper.

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Noun

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bumper m (plural bumpers, diminutive bumpertje n)

  1. bumper of a car, fender

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch bumper, from English bumper, from bump + -er.

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Noun

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bumpêr

  1. bumper (parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision)

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Spanish

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Noun

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bumper m (plural bumpers)

  1. bumper of a car
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