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bumper
- /ˈbʌmpə/ UK
- /ˈbʌmpəɹ/ US
Rhymes with -ʌmpə(ɹ)
noun bumpers
- Someone or something that bumps.
- A drinking vessel filled to the brim. [T]hey now shook hands heartily, and drank bumpers of strong beer to healths which we think proper to bury in oblivion.
- 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.
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Synonym of gutter guard (“rail to prevent a ball from rolling into the gutter”).
Similar: gutter guard
adjective
- 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
verb bumpers · bumpering · bumpered
- To drink from the vessels called bumpers.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: abundant, stopper, abutment, damper, fender, absorber, bull, stickers, buffer, crash bar, bull bar, guard, impact bar, push bar, nerf bar, underride guard
Translations
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noun impact absorber on a vehicle
| Español | parachoques, bómper, búmper, defensa, paragolpes, paragolpe |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 범퍼 beompeo |
| 日本語 | バンパー banpā |
| 中文 | 保險杠 bǎoxiǎngāng, 緩衝器 /缓冲器 huǎnchōngqì |
| हिन्दी | बम्पर bampar |
| Português | para-choque, para-choques |
| Français | pare-chocs |
| Deutsch | Stoßstange |
| Italiano | paraurti |
| Ελληνικά | προφυλακτήρας profylaktíras |
| Română | bară de protecție |
| Русский | ба́мпер bámper |
| Tiếng Việt | hãm xung, đỡ va |
| العربية | مِصَدّ miṣadd |
| עברית | פָּגוֹשׁ pagósh |
noun mechanical device to absorb impact
| 日本語 | ショックアブソーバー shokkuabusōbā, 緩衝器 kanshōki |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 緩衝器 /缓冲器 huǎnchōngqì |
| Français | heurtoir |
| Русский | бу́фер búfer |
noun side wall of a pool table
| Français | bande |
|---|
noun short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements
| Español | cortinilla |
|---|---|
| Italiano | bumper, stacchetto |
noun in pinball
| Português | amortecedor |
|---|
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title = {bumper},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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