Definition of Bumper-to-bumper

1. Adjective. Used of traffic. "Bumper-to-bumper traffic"

Similar to: Slow

Definition of Bumper-to-bumper

1. Adjective. Very crowded and slow-moving, particularly with regard to motor vehicle traffic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bumper-to-bumper

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 (current term)
bumper cars
bumper crop
bumper crops
bumper guard
bumper jack
bumper sticker
bumper stickers
bumper to bumper
bumpered
bumperette
bumperettes
bumpering
bumpers

Literary usage of Bumper-to-bumper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide to Anguilla Antigua St. Barts St. Kitts St. Martin Including by Paris Permenter, John Bigley (2000)
"Gustavia, although small, has an amazing amount of traffic and in mid-day is often bumper to bumper. ..."

2. Defense Conversion: Redirecting R&Dby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"... of vehicles into tight clots of three or four vehicles whizzing along bumper to bumper, greatly increasing the volume of traffic a road could carry. ..."

3. Failures and Promises of the California Garment Industry: Hearing Before the edited by Peter Hoekstra (2000)
"UNITE organized, they chased her bumper to bumper, she even kill myself. So she stopped at, you know, Monterey Police Department, she reported and ..."

4. Adventure Guide to the Florida Keys and Everglades National Park by Bruce Morris (2004)
"Traffic on the long, mostly two-lane Overseas Highway is often packed bumper-to-bumper for much of the way. There is a large weekend movement from Miami ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Bumper-to-bumper on Dictionary.com!Search for Bumper-to-bumper on Thesaurus.com!Search for Bumper-to-bumper on Google!Search for Bumper-to-bumper on Wikipedia!

Search