bumper
English
Etymology
From bump + -er.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbʌmpə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ʌmpə(ɹ)
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Noun
bumper (plural bumpers)
- Someone or something that bumps.
- (obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 443:
- […] they now shook hands heartily, and drank bumpers of strong beer to healths which we think proper to bury in oblivion.
- 1818, John Keats, Written in the cottage where Burns was born:
- Yet can I gulp a bumper to thy name,—
- O smile among the shades, for this is fame!
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 8, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, OCLC 3174108:
- Mr. Horrocks served myself and my pupils with three little glasses of wine, and a bumper was poured out for my lady.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, “chapter 11”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], OCLC 906152507:
- Sydney Carton drank the punch at a great rate; drank it by bumpers, looking at his friend.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 443:
- (colloquial, now chiefly attributive) Anything large or successful.
- (automotive) 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.
- (cricket) A bouncer.
- (billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
- A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.
- (broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
- (slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
- (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
- (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.
- (pinball) An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.
- (Australia, slang) A cigarette butt.
Derived terms
- bumper bar
- bumper bullet
- bumper car
- bumper crop
- bumper jack
- bumper music
- bumper pool
- bumper sticker
- bumper-sticker
- bumper-to-bumper
- bumper to bumper
- donut bumper
- doughnut bumper
- meteor bumper
- ride one's bumper
- rubber baby buggy bumper
- taco bumper
Descendants
Descendants of bumper in other languages
- Dutch: bumper
- Japanese: バンパー (banpā)
- Korean: 범퍼 (beompeo)
- Russian: ба́мпер (bámper)
Translations
someone or something that bumps
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drinking vessel filled to the brim
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impact absorber on a vehicle
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mechanical device to absorb impact
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cricket: bouncer
side wall of a pool table
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short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements
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in pinball
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Adjective
bumper (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
- We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year.
- a bumper collection of silly jokes
Translations
colloquial: large
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Verb
bumper (third-person singular simple present bumpers, present participle bumpering, simple past and past participle bumpered)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To drink from the vessels called bumpers.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bompər/, [ˈb̥ɔmb̥ər]
- Homophone: bomber
Verb
bumper
- present tense of bumpe
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English bumper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʏmpər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bum‧per
- Rhymes: -ʏmpər
Noun
bumper m (plural bumpers, diminutive bumpertje n)
- bumper of a car, fender
Derived terms
- bumperkleven
- bumpersticker
Descendants
- Indonesian: bumper, bemper
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch bumper, from English bumper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbʊmpər]
- Hyphenation: bum‧pêr
Noun
bumpêr (first-person possessive bumperku, second-person possessive bumpermu, third-person possessive bumpernya)
- bumper.
Alternative forms
- bemper
Further reading
- “bumper” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish
Noun
bumper m (plural bumpers)
- bumper of a car