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bumper en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈbʌmpəɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈbʌmpə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English bump Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bumper From bump + -er.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, not-comparable) Wonderfully large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo, or successful in this regard.
    • What a bumper year for apples!
    • a bumper collection of silly jokes
    • We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year.
    • "I see I must bribe you to harbour me—come, pledge me in a bumper health to the last young lady that slept at Wolf's Crag, and liked her quarters.—My bones are not so tender as hers, and I am resolved to occupy her apartment tonight, that I may judge how hard the couch is that love can soften." 1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter XI, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume II (The Bride of Lammermoor), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:

Translations (7)

fi runsas (colloquial: large) · nl groot (colloquial: large) · es récord (colloquial: large) · nl immens (colloquial: large) · nl vol (colloquial: large) · es abundante (colloquial: large) · bg пълен догоре (colloquial: large)

bumper en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈbʌmpəɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈbʌmpə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English bump Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bumper From bump + -er.

Meanings

  1. Someone or something that bumps.
  2. A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
    • Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry; / Fill, O fill the pirate glass; / And, to make us more than merry, / Let the pirate bumper pass. 1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, The Pirates of Penzance […], Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart & Co., published 1880, →OCLC:
    • Mr. Horrocks served myself and my pupils with three little glasses of wine, and a bumper was poured out for my lady. 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 8, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
    • Sydney Carton drank the punch at a great rate; drank it by bumpers, looking at his friend. 1859, Charles Dickens, chapter XI, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
    • [T]hey now shook hands heartily, and drank bumpers of strong beer to healths which we think proper to bury in oblivion. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
    • Yet can I gulp a bumper to thy name,— / O smile among the shades, for this is fame! 1818, John Keats, Written in the cottage where Burns was born:
    • Pork ſucceeds to Beef, Pies to Puddings: The Cloth is remov'd, Madam, drench'd vvith a Bumper, drops a Courtſey, and departs; […] 1756 February 3 (first performance), Samuel Foote, The Englishman Return’d from Paris, Being the Sequel to The Englishman in Paris. A Farce […], London: […] Paul Vaillant, […], published 1756, →OCLC, Act I, page 27:
  3. (attributive, colloquial) Anything large or successful.
  4. Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.
  5. Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.
    • The company sells screw-on rubber bumpers and feet.
  6. A bouncer.
  7. A side wall of a pool table.
  8. A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.
  9. A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
  10. (dated, slang) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
  11. (Caribbean, Jamaica, slang) A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
  12. 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.
  13. (qualifier:pinball) An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.
  14. (Australia, slang) A cigarette butt.
  15. In National Hunt racing, a flat race for horses that have not yet competed either in flat racing or over obstacles.
  16. A shoulder button on a gamepad.
  17. Synonym of gutter guard (“rail to prevent a ball from rolling into the gutter”).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bumpers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

donut bumper · taco bumper · bumper music · bumper crop · bumper bullet · bumper sticker · bumper-to-bumper · doughnut bumper · ride one's bumper · meteor bumper · bumper pool · bumper car · rubber baby buggy bumper · bumperfish · bumper-sticker · bumper bar · front bumper · bumperette · bumper to bumper · bumper jack

Descendants

bumper · 범퍼 · ба́мпер · バンパー

Synonyms

gutter guard

Translations (101)

vi đỡ va (impact absorber on a vehicle) · nl botser (someone or something that bumps) · hi बम्पर (impact absorber on a vehicle) · sv kofångare (impact absorber on a vehicle) · mi pākaituki (impact absorber on a vehicle) · ka ბამპერი (impact absorber on a vehicle) · pt para-choques (impact absorber on a vehicle) · fr bande (side wall of a pool table) · it stacchetto (short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements) · ja バンパー (impact absorber on a vehicle) · cmn 緩衝器 /缓冲器 (mechanical device to absorb impact) · ky бампер (impact absorber on a vehicle) · sh о̀дбо̄јнӣк (impact absorber on a vehicle) · es parachoques (impact absorber on a vehicle) · es defensa (impact absorber on a vehicle) · pl zderzak (impact absorber on a vehicle) · fi jatkuu-tunnus (short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements) · tg бампер (impact absorber on a vehicle) · vi hãm xung (impact absorber on a vehicle) · pt amortecedor (in pinball) · it paraurti (impact absorber on a vehicle) · pt para-choque (impact absorber on a vehicle) · be ба́мпер (impact absorber on a vehicle) · ur بمپر (impact absorber on a vehicle) · fi puskuri (impact absorber on a vehicle) · lt bamperis (impact absorber on a vehicle) · ru бу́фер (mechanical device to absorb impact) · sk nárazník (impact absorber on a vehicle) · apw biyedaa’ (impact absorber on a vehicle) · nl stootkussen (mechanical device to absorb impact) · fi bumpperi (in pinball) · cs nárazník (impact absorber on a vehicle) · kk бампер (impact absorber on a vehicle) · fi törmääjä (someone or something that bumps) · bg пълна догоре чаша (drinking vessel filled to the brim) · az bamper (impact absorber on a vehicle) · fi puskuri (mechanical device to absorb impact) · de Stoßstange (impact absorber on a vehicle) · nl kant (side wall of a pool table) · da kofanger (impact absorber on a vehicle) · it bumper (short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements) · et kaitseraud (impact absorber on a vehicle) · fi pehmike (mechanical device to absorb impact) · es paragolpe (impact absorber on a vehicle) · nl jingle (short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements) · ca para-xocs (impact absorber on a vehicle) · fi suojus (mechanical device to absorb impact) · es paragolpes (impact absorber on a vehicle) · cmn 保險杠 (impact absorber on a vehicle) · fr heurtoir (mechanical device to absorb impact) · mk браник (impact absorber on a vehicle) · ro bară de protecție (impact absorber on a vehicle) · ca molinet (short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements) · fa سپر (impact absorber on a vehicle) · ja 緩衝器 (mechanical device to absorb impact) · tg сипар (impact absorber on a vehicle) · lo ກັນຊົນ (impact absorber on a vehicle) · ko 범퍼 (impact absorber on a vehicle) · nb støytfanger (impact absorber on a vehicle) · km ក្បាំងឡាន (impact absorber on a vehicle) · bg бу́фер (mechanical device to absorb impact) · ar مِصَدّ (impact absorber on a vehicle) · nb støtfanger (impact absorber on a vehicle) · fi potkutorni (in pinball) · fi valli (side wall of a pool table) · es búmper (impact absorber on a vehicle) · da stødfanger (impact absorber on a vehicle) · pl zderzak (mechanical device to absorb impact) · tr tampon (impact absorber on a vehicle) · ja ショックアブソーバー (mechanical device to absorb impact) · be ба́мпэр (impact absorber on a vehicle) · mk одбојник (impact absorber on a vehicle) · uk ба́мпер (impact absorber on a vehicle) · my ဘန်ပါ (impact absorber on a vehicle) · th กันชน (impact absorber on a vehicle) · es cortinilla (short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements) · sh òdbōjnīk (impact absorber on a vehicle) · sh brànīk (impact absorber on a vehicle) · lv bamperis (impact absorber on a vehicle) · hu lökhárító (impact absorber on a vehicle) · nl stootrand (mechanical device to absorb impact) · nl aankondigingsjingle (short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements) · es bómper (impact absorber on a vehicle) · nl bumper (impact absorber on a vehicle) · fi bumper (in pinball) · he פָּגוֹשׁ (impact absorber on a vehicle) · nl stootblok (mechanical device to absorb impact) · sh бра̀нӣк (impact absorber on a vehicle) · sl odbijač (impact absorber on a vehicle) · nn støytfangar (impact absorber on a vehicle) · cmn 緩衝器 /缓冲器 (impact absorber on a vehicle) · el προφυλακτήρας (impact absorber on a vehicle) · fr pare-chocs (impact absorber on a vehicle) · nl boord (side wall of a pool table) · sv stötfångare (impact absorber on a vehicle) · et põrkeraud (impact absorber on a vehicle) · sl odbojnik (impact absorber on a vehicle) · hy բամպեր (impact absorber on a vehicle) · bg бро́ня (impact absorber on a vehicle) · ru ба́мпер (impact absorber on a vehicle) · uz bamper (impact absorber on a vehicle)

wikidata: Q13697

bumper en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈbʌmpəɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈbʌmpə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English bump Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bumper From bump + -er.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To drink from the vessels called bumpers.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bumpers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bumpered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bumpered Tense=Past lexicographic
bumpering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic