bumper
131
2.5
- noun
- /ˈbʌmpər/
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parachoques
- Siegel climbs up onto the rear bumper and unlatches the door.
- front bumper
- car bumper
- bumper sticker
Yes, a big round magnet, perfect to decorate your car bumper or maybe even erase your emails.
- Yes, a big round magnet, perfect to decorate your car bumper or maybe even erase your emails.
- He started designing his own kits, carbon fibre bumpers.
- The driver's just like, like had to buy the guy a new bumper.
- Like if it come back hard enough when it hit the bumper, the back tire's going to come out the ground too.
- I'm feeling it, but these bumpers are awful.
- This idea of loving yourself, it's become a kind of bumper sticker Instagram meme.
- He said there's been no bumper to bumper.
- Of course, then I looked down and then I saw a rare bumper that was like a Hummer.
Examples
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After we finished getting the horse tied behind the bumper, Clement went to get in his truck.
Fiction book (1994) -
You also had a painted front bumper and a painted rear bumper.
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I hit the the road, but I hit the bumper of the car.
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But when I got out and looked at the bumper, there was no mark.
Fiction book (1994) -
A truck's bumper was this far from my nose.
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Just pull up, parallel, and back the car up until that bumper is in line with your side-view mirror.
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You think if I brought my Mopar by the shop on Monday... you could spot-weld the bumper bracket?
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The car's front bumper was damaged after the minor accident.
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He installed a new bumper on his truck to improve its appearance.
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Make sure the bumper is secured before driving the vehicle.
Compounds
7
2.1
A small electric car at an amusement park that people drive to hit other cars on purpose
How Protective
- US
131
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bumper comes from the verb bump meaning 'to hit', with -er added for 'something that does the bumping'. So a car bumper is the bar that takes the hits to protect the vehicle.