[
UK
/bˈʌmpɐ/
]
[ US /ˈbəmpɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈbəmpɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
-
a glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast)
we quaffed a bumper of ale
How To Use bumper In A Sentence
- In many areas, this year's bumper crop means exceptionally high removal of nutrients.
- Bumper to bumper we proceeded, the road narrowed and things became hairy.
- It showed two white police pickup trucks, with large bullbars on the front bumpers, plowing separately into a group of protesters. SeMissourian.com Headlines
- We may show our Paganism through our jewelry or our bumper stickers, or the pentagram we trace over our meals as we bless them.
- Broad beans are positively bursting with health and promise a bumper crop any minute now.
- The tweaks include new shapes for the front and rear lights, bumper and front grille. The Sun
- But if you truly fear death by animal, pitch the car keys: Deer kill about 14 Americans per month, mostly through collisions with front bumpers.
- In order to make sure the white guy driving the minivan with Jesus and NRA bumperstickers on the back is not an illegal alien Caucasian Australian with a perfect American accent, it only makes sense that caucasians carry the same ID materials any other race is required to. Think Progress » Arizona legislature demands immigrants and President of the United States verify their status.
- Bank bosses should remember all this when they stand shocked by the outcry over bumper pay. The Sun
- That right hand with the machine started at the ugly hair on the bottom back of little Ralphie's bumper crop of uncombable hair. NY Daily News