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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.
Definition 2024
bumper
bumper
English
Noun
bumper (plural bumpers)
- (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.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 443:
- (colloquial, now chiefly attributive) Anything large or successful.
- (automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender
- Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact
- The company sells ****-on rubber bumpers and feet.
- Someone or something that bumps.
- (cricket) A bouncer.
- (billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
- (broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
- (slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
- (slang, Caribbean) A woman's posterior, particulary one that is considered full and desirable.
- (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
drinking vessel filled to the brim
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impact absorber on a vehicle
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mechanical device to absorb impact
cricket: bouncer
short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements
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Adjective
bumper (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
- We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year.