bumper

bumper
Synonyms and related words:
aegis, arm guard, backstop, barrier, bellyful, beverage, big, brattice, buffer, buffer state, bulkhead, bulwark, capacity, charge, cloison, collision mat, complement, considerable, contraceptive, copyright, cram, crash helmet, crush, cushion, dashboard, diaphragm, dissepiment, dividing line, dividing wall, division, dodger, draft, dram, drench, drink, face mask, fender, fill, finger guard, foot guard, full house, full measure, fuse, goggles, goodly, governor, grand, great, guard, guardrail, gulp, guzzle, hand guard, handrail, hard hat, healthy, helmet, insulation, interlock, interseptum, jam up, knee guard, knuckle guard, lading, laminated glass, lap, large, large-scale, libation, life preserver, lifeline, lightning conductor, lightning rod, load, man-sized, mask, mat, midriff, midsection, mouthful, mudguard, nip, nose guard, numerous, pad, padding, palladium, panel, paries, partition, party wall, patent, peg, pilot, portion, potation, preventive, property line, prophylactic, protective clothing, protective umbrella, pull, quaff, safeguard, safety, safety glass, safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes, safety switch, safety valve, screen, seat belt, separation, septulum, septum, shield, shin guard, shock pad, sip, sizable, skinful, slurp, snootful, snort, substantial, suck, sun helmet, sup, swig, swill, tall, tidy, tot, umbrella, wall, windscreen, windshield

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  • Bumper — can refer to:*Bumper (automobile), the part of an automobile designed to help it withstand the impact of a collision *Bumper car, an electric car ride typically found at fairs and amusement parks *Bumper crop, a surplus of crop(s) in a given… …   Wikipedia

  • bumper — UK US /ˈbʌmpər/ adjective ► producing much more than usual: a bumper crop/harvest »A bumper crop of maize is expected. bumper sales/profits »Profits are predicted to rise 15% due to bumper sales …   Financial and business terms

  • bumper — ► NOUN 1) a protective horizontal bar across the front or back of a motor vehicle. 2) (also bumper race) Horse Racing a flat race for horses intended for future steeplechases. 3) archaic a large glass of an alcoholic drink. ► ADJECTIVE ▪… …   English terms dictionary

  • Bumper — Bum per, n. [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. [1913 Webster] He frothed his bumpers to the brim. Tennyson.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bumper — Bump er, n. 1. That which bumps or causes a bump. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock, such as a metal or rubber rim extending from an object; a buffer. [1913 Webster] 3. (Motor vehicles) a protective guard device …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bumper — Bumper. См. Встряхивающая формовочная машина. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • Bumper — (engl., spr. Bömper), ein Humpen, Maßglas …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Bumper — (Bömper), ein Humpen, Paßglas …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • bumper — [bœmpœʀ] n. m. ÉTYM. V. 1960, in Rey Debove et Gagnon; mot angl., de to bump « heurter, rebondir ». ❖ ♦ Anglic. Borne ou plot sur lequel la bille métallique d un billard électrique rebondit. ⇒ Billard (cit. 5 et supra) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • bumper — 1670s, glass filled to the brim; perhaps from notion of bumping as large, or from a related sense of booming (see BUMP (Cf. bump)). Meaning anything unusually large is from 1759, slang. Meaning buffer of a car is from 1839, Amer.Eng., originally… …   Etymology dictionary

  • bumper — bumper1 [bum′pər] n. ☆ a device for absorbing some of the shock of a collision; specif., either of two bars for this purpose, at the front and rear of a motor vehicle bumper2 [bum′pər] n. [prob. < obs. bombard, liquor jug, altered after BUMP]… …   English World dictionary

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