bumper-to-bumper
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈbʌmpər tə ˈbʌmpər/
:
en fila india
- Many travelers strategically hit the road early in the day or waited until much later to avoid possible bumper-to-bumper traffic.
- bumper-to-bumper traffic
- bumper-to-bumper cars
- bumper-to-bumper vehicles
They were trying to make it to our recital, but they got caught in bumper to bumper traffic because of an accident.
- They were trying to make it to our recital, but they got caught in bumper to bumper traffic because of an accident.
- I couldn't make the left, so I'm trying to merge back into the lane where it's the one lane that's bumper to bumper traffic.
- And some guy drives past is like kind of bumper to bumper traffic because I'm facing out from the Starbuck on a busy St.
Examples
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They were trying to make it to our recital, but they got caught in bumper to bumper traffic because of an accident.
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... and the Beltway is bumper-to-bumper, so you might as well take a day of annual leave and enjoy yourself.
Fiction book (1992) -
The parking lot is bumper-to-bumper with a sea of cars.
Fiction book (1991) -
When I drove out here, it was bumper-to-bumper.
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The crawl of bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Fiction book (1995) -
It was bumper-to-bumper the whole way.
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Traffic was creeping bumper-to-bumper not because the rush hour was heavier than usual, but because motorists were slowing to stare at the police.
Fiction book (1992) -
The traffic in Malibu was bumper to bumper, and Hugo had the day off, so we had to drive all the way out to pick up Charlie.
Fiction book (1999) -
Well, our 2.5-hour car ride to Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut turned into six-plus hours of bumper-to-bumper Labor Day traffic.
Blog text (31) -
During rush hour, we were stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic for over an hour.
Antonyms
How Congested
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Bumper-to-bumper comes from the car part bumper and gives the image of cars with their bumpers almost touching. So it means traffic that is 'moving very slowly or not at all' because the cars are packed closely together.