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Definition of Bumper
1. Noun. A glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast). "We quaffed a bumper of ale"
2. Noun. A mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage.
Group relationships: Auto, Automobile, Car, Machine, Motorcar, Motortruck, Truck
Generic synonyms: Mechanical Device
Derivative terms: Bump
Definition of Bumper
1. n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.
2. n. That which bumps or causes a bump.
Definition of Bumper
1. Noun. (obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim. ¹
2. Noun. (colloquial) Anything large or successful (now usually attributively). ¹
3. Noun. (automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender ¹
4. Noun. Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact ¹
5. Noun. Someone or something that bumps. ¹
6. Noun. (cricket) A bouncer. ¹
7. Noun. (billiards) A side wall of a pool table. ¹
8. Noun. (broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements. ¹
9. Adjective. (colloquial) Large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bumper
1. to fill to the brim [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bumper
Literary usage of Bumper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Deep Well Drilling: The Principles and Practices of Deep Well Drilling, and by Walter Henry Jeffrey (1921)
"For this fishing job a jar bumper is used. This device is operated on the sand
... A strain is taken on the cable, the bumper is clamped on it and lowered ..."
2. Kettner's Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery, Practical, Theoretical by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1877)
"The difference between a brimmer and a bumper may be tested with a small piece
of cork. In a brimmer it will float to the edge of the glass ; in a bumper it ..."
3. Practical Ideas for Teaching Writing As a Process by Carol B. Olson (1996)
"T he bumper Sticker Approach to the Topic Sentence for Opinion Writing By Trudy J.
Beck English Teacher, £1 Toro High School, Saddleback Valley Unified ..."
4. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1848)
"To a now tune, " Come boyes, fill us a bumper," or " My Lodging is on the cold
Ground." COME, boyes, fill us a bumper, We'l make the nation ..."
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