bumper.
Someone or something that bumps.
Meaning & usage
Someone or something that bumps.
A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
Anything large or successful.
Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.
Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.
The company sells screw-on rubber bumpers and feet.
A bouncer.
A side wall of a pool table.
A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.
A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
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.
An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.
A cigarette butt.
In National Hunt racing, a flat race for horses that have not yet competed either in flat racing or over obstacles.
A shoulder button on a gamepad.
Synonym of gutter guard (“rail to prevent a ball from rolling into the gutter”).
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English bump Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bumper From bump + -er.
Wonderfully large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo, or successful in this regard.
a bumper collection of silly jokes
What a bumper year for apples!
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English bump Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bumper From bump + -er.
To drink from the vessels called bumpers.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English bump Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bumper From bump + -er.
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