bumper (noun)

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• bumper guard — noun vertical bars attached to a bumper to prevent locking bumpers with another vehicle • Hypernyms: ↑mechanical device • Part Holonyms: ↑bumper * * * noun : either of two vertical shoes attached to the bumper of an automobile to prevent the… …   Useful english dictionary

• bumper sticker — noun : a strip of adhesive paper or plastic bearing a printed message (as a candidate s name or a slogan) and designed to be stuck on a vehicle s bumper * * * noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] : a strip of paper or plastic that has a printed message and… …   Useful english dictionary

• bumper — ► NOUN 1) a protective horizontal bar across the front or back of a motor vehicle. 2) (also bumper race) Horse Racing a flat race for horses intended for future steeplechases. 3) archaic a large glass of an alcoholic drink. ► ADJECTIVE ▪… …   English terms dictionary

• bumper — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ front ▪ back, rear BUMPER + NOUN ▪ car (esp. AmE) (usually dodgem in BrE) PHRASES …   Collocations dictionary

• bumper-to-bumper — vehicles that are bumper to bumper are in a line one after another and are moving very slowly or stopped. We were caught in bumper to bumper traffic for over an hour. (always before noun) …   New idioms dictionary

• bumper jack — noun a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper • Hypernyms: ↑jack * * * noun : a jack designed to lift an automobile by its bumper * * * a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper …   Useful english dictionary

• bumper car — noun a small low powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged • Syn: ↑Dodgem • Hypernyms: ↑vehicle * * * noun, pl ⋯ cars [count] chiefly US : a small electric car that you drive around …   Useful english dictionary

• bumper — noun 1》 a horizontal bar across the front or back of a motor vehicle to reduce damage in a collision. 2》 (also bumper race) Horse Racing a flat race for inexperienced horses intended for future steeplechases. 3》 archaic a generous glass of an… …   English new terms dictionary

• bumper sticker — noun a) An adhesive label or decal, usually applied to the bumper or back end of an automobile, and displaying a short political, promotional, philosophical, or humorous message. He has a bumper sticker on his van that reads faster than a… …   Wiktionary

• bumper sticker — noun Date: 1967 a strip of adhesive paper or plastic bearing a printed message and designed to be stuck on a vehicle s bumper …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bumper car — noun A small electric powered vehicle encircled with rubber bumper, used in an amusement ride. Syn: dodgem …   Wiktionary