bumper

English

Etymology

From to bump + -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbʌmpə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ʌmpə(ɹ)

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Noun

bumper (plural bumpers)

1. (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.

2. (colloquial) Anything large or successful (now usually attributively).
3. (automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender
4. Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact
   • The company sells screw-on rubber bumpers and feet.
5. Someone or something that bumps.
6. (cricket) A bouncer.
7. (billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
8. (broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.

Translations

drinking vessel filled to the brim

Bulgarian: пълна догоре чаша (bg)

impact absorber in an automobile

Bulgarian: броня (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 保險杠 (zh), 保险杠 (zh) (bǎoxiǎn'gāng), 緩衝器 (zh), 缓冲器 (zh) (huǎnchōngqì) Czech: nárazník (cs) m. Dutch: bumper (nl) m. Estonian: põrkeraud (et) Finnish: puskuri (fi) French: pare-choc (fr) m.

German: Stoßstange (de) f. Japanese: バンパー (ja) (banpā) Korean: 범퍼 (ko) (beompeo) Russian: бампер (ru) (bámper) m. Spanish: parachoques m., bómper m. (Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico), bumper (es) m. (Panama, Costa Rica), defensa m. (Mexico), paragolpes m. (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), Swedish: kofångare (sv), stötfångare (sv)

mechanical device to absorb impact

Bulgarian: буфер (bg) m. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 緩衝器, simpl. 缓冲器 (huǎnchōngqì) Dutch: stootkussen (nl) n., stootblok (nl) n., stootrand (nl) m.

Finnish: suojus, pehmike, puskuri French: heurtoir (fr) m. Japanese: ショックアブソーバー (shokku-abusōbā), 緩衝器 (かんしょうき, kanshōki)

someone or something that bumps

Dutch: botser (nl) m.

Finnish: törmääjä (fi)

cricket: bouncer

side wall of a pool table

Dutch: boord (nl) m., kant (nl) m. Finnish: valli (fi)

French: bande (fr) f.

short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements

Dutch: jingle (nl) m., aankondigingsjingle (nl) m.

Adjective

bumper (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.

   We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year.

Translations

colloquial: large

Dutch: groot (nl), vol (nl), immens (nl)

Finnish: runsas (fi)

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Dutch

Etymology

From English bumper.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbʏmpər/

Noun

bumper m. (plural bumpers, diminutive bumpertje)

1. bumper of a car