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.

   • 1859, Dickens, A tale of two cities, chapter 11

     Sydney Carton drank the punch at a great rate; drank it by bumpers, looking at his friend.

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) (pǎlna dogore čaša)

impact absorber in an automobile

• Bulgarian: броня (bg) (bronja) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保險杠 (cmn), 保险杠 (cmn) (bǎoxiǎn'gāng), 緩衝器 (cmn), 缓冲器 (cmn) (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) (búfer) m
• Catalan: para-xocs (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 緩衝器 (cmn), 缓冲器 (cmn) (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 (ja) (shokkuabusōbā), 緩衝器 (ja) (かんしょうき, kanshōki)
• Russian: буфер (ru) (búfer) m

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