bumper
Meaning of bumper
- a horizontal bar fixed across the front or back of a motor vehicle to reduce damage in a collision.
she started the car with a jerk and hit the bumper of the car in front
- another term for bouncer (sense 2).
- a flat race for inexperienced horses which are intended for future racing in hurdles or steeplechases.
- a generous glassful of an alcoholic drink, typically one drunk as a toast.
- exceptionally large, fine, or successful.
a bumper crop
everyone in the business predicts a bumper year
early 17th century (in the sense ‘person or thing that bumps something’): from bump + -er1. bumper (sense 4 of the noun) derives from the earlier form bumping, meaning ‘very large, great’, and is the source of the adjective meaning ‘exceptionally large, fine, or successful’, as in a bumper year . bumper (sense 3 of the noun) is said to be from an earlier racing term meaning ‘amateur rider’.
Information about bumper
- The plural form of bumper is: bumpers.
- Languages in which bumper is used:
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Hyphenation of bumper
bumper
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- bumper is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
bumper synonyms
Meaning existing or available in large quantities; plentiful:
Meaning existing in plentiful quantities; abundant:
Meaning of more than the usual size, amount, or intensity:
Meaning in a good physical or mental condition; in good health:
Meaning large in quantity; abundant:
Meaning considerable in size or quantity:
Meaning of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity:
Meaning of considerable size or extent:
Meaning extremely large; enormous:
Meaning extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree:
Meaning large and heavy or solid:
Meaning unusual; not typical:
Meaning not habitually or commonly occurring or done:
Meaning to be desired or approved of:
Meaning extremely good; outstanding:
Meaning of very high quality; very good of its kind:
Meaning extremely beautiful, elaborate, or impressive:
Meaning very beautiful or attractive:
Meaning relating to or denoting wine of high quality:
Meaning more formal or literary term for overabundant:
Meaning (of a plant, animal, or person) producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring:
Meaning (especially of something offered or discharged) very plentiful; abundant:
Meaning abundant in supply or quantity:
Meaning (of a business or activity) yielding profit or financial gain:
Meaning very large:
Meaning (of hair) long, limp, and straight:
Meaning generously given or giving; bountiful:
Meaning plentiful:
bumper antonyms
Meaning lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society:
Meaning (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality:
Meaning causing great damage:
Translation of bumper
- Spanish: defensa, parachoques, bómper, bumper, paragolpes
- Italian: paraurti
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