bumper car

English

bumper cars in Finland

Noun

bumper car (plural bumper cars)

1. A small electric-powered vehicle encircled with a rubber bumper, used in an amusement ride.
   • 1988 November 8, R.E.M., “I Remember California”, in Green:

     I remember redwood trees,
     bumper cars and wolverines,
     the ocean's Trident submarines,
     lemons, limes and tangerines.
     I remember this...

Synonyms

• dodgem (British)
• bump car (Philippines)

Translations

vehicle

• Afrikaans: stampkar
• Catalan: auto de xoc, cotxe de xoc
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 碰碰車 / 碰碰车 (zh) (pèngpèngchē)

• Danish: radiobil c
• Dutch: botsauto (nl) m
• Finnish: törmäilyauto (fi)
• French: auto tamponneuse (fr) f, auto-tamponneuse (fr) f
• German: Autoscooter (de) m, Autoskooter (de) m
• Greek: συγκρουόμενο (el) n (sygkrouómeno)
• Hungarian: dodzsem (hu)
• Indonesian: hantam kendara
• Italian: autoscontro m
• Japanese: バンパーカー (banpākā)
• Korean: 범퍼카 (beompeoka)
• Norwegian: radiobil m
• Polish: autodrom (pl) m
• Portuguese: carrinho de choque m, carrinho bate-bate m (Brazil)
• Spanish: auto chocón m, auto chocador m, carro chocón m, carro chocador m, coche de choque m, carrito chocón m
• Swedish: radiobil (sv) c
• Vietnamese: xe điện đụng