bumper
Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
Synonyms: jumper, bumder, bumped, bummer, lumper, pumper, mumper, dumper, rumper, bumpier, humper
Antonyms: jumper, bumder, bumped, bummer, lumper, pumper, mumper, dumper, rumper, bumpier, humper
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Noun
- Someone or something that [[bump]]s.
- A drinking [[vessel]] filled to the [[brim]].
- {{lb|en|colloquial|now|mostly|attributive}} Anything [[large]] or successful.
- {{senseid|en|Q13697}}{{lb|en|automotive}} [[part|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.
- {{lb|en|cricket}} A [[bouncer]].
- {{lb|en|billiards}} A side wall of a [[pool table]].
- A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.
- {{lb|en|broadcasting}} A short [[ditty]] or [[jingle]] used to separate a [[show]] from the [[advertisements]].
- {{lb|en|slang|dated}} A covered house at a [[theatre]], etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
- {{lb|en|slang|Caribbean|Jamaica}} A woman's [[posterior]], particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
- {{lb|en|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.
Adjective
- {{lb|en|colloquial}} Wonderfully [[large]]; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a [[silo]], or successful in this regard.
Verb
- {{lb|en|obsolete|intransitive}} To drink from the vessels called bumpers.
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