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Webster 1913 Edition


Bumper

Bum′per

,
Noun.
[A corruption of
bumbard
,
bombard
, a large drinking vessel.]
1.
A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.
He frothed his
bumpers
to the brim.
Tennyson.
2.
A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer.
[Cant]

Bump′er

,
Noun.
1.
That which bumps or causes a bump.
2.
Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock, such as a metal or rubber rim extending from an object; a buffer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bumper

BUMP'ER

,
Noun.
A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over.

Definition 2024


bumper

bumper

English

Noun

bumper (plural bumpers)

  1. (obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 443:
      they now shook hands heartily, and drank bumpers of strong beer to healths which we think proper to bury in oblivion.
    • 1818, Keats, Written in the cottage where Burns was born:
      Yet can I gulp a bumper to thy name,—
      O smile among the shades, for this is fame!
    • 1859, Dickens, A tale of two cities, chapter 11
      Sydney Carton drank the punch at a great rate; drank it by bumpers, looking at his friend.
  2. (colloquial, now chiefly attributive) Anything large or successful.
  3. (automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender
  4. Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact
    • The company sells ****-on rubber bumpers and feet.
  5. Someone or something that bumps.
  6. (cricket) A bouncer.
  7. (billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
  8. (broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
  9. (slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
  10. (slang, Caribbean) A woman's posterior, particulary one that is considered full and desirable.
  11. (music) 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.

Translations

Adjective

bumper (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
    We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year.

Translations


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʏmpər/

Etymology

From English bumper.

Noun

bumper m (plural bumpers, diminutive bumpertje n)

  1. bumper of a car