Definition of Bumper

1. Noun. A glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast). "We quaffed a bumper of ale"

Generic synonyms: Drinking Glass, Glass

2. Noun. A mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage.
Terms within: Bumper Guard
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

bump cap
bump caps
bump into
bump key
bump keys
bump mapping
bump n' grind
bump off
bump supper
bump up
bumpable
bumpage
bumped
bumper-sticker
bumper-stickers
bumper-to-bumper
bumper cars
bumper crop
bumper crops
bumper guard
bumper jack
bumper sticker
bumper stickers
bumper to bumper
bumpered
bumperette

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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