bumper

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English

Etymology

From bump +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌmpə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ʌmpə(ɹ)

Noun

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.

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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Translations

Adjective

bumper (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Wonderfully large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.

Translations

Verb

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bompər/, [ˈb̥ɔmb̥ər]
• Homophone: bomber

Verb

bumper

1. present tense of bumpe

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bumper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʏmpər/
• Hyphenation: bum‧per
• Rhymes: -ʏmpər

Noun

bumper m (plural bumpers, diminutive bumpertje n)

1. bumper of a car, fender

Derived terms

• bumperkleven
• bumpersticker

Descendants

• Indonesian: bumper, bemper

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• bamper, bemper (nonstandard)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbumpər/ [ˈbum.pər]
  • Syllabification: bum‧per
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈbampər/ [ˈbam.pər]

Noun

bumpêr

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

Further reading

• “bumper” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Spanish

Noun

bumper m (plural bumpers)

1. bumper of a car