Definitions for bumper

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bumper bump·er

Spelling: [buhm-per]

IPA: /ˈbʌm pər/

Bumper is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in bumper (bempru).

Definitions for bumper

noun

1. a person or thing that bumps.
2. a metal guard, usually horizontal, for protecting the front or rear of an automobile, truck, etc.
3. any protective rim, guard, pad, or disk for absorbing shock and preventing damage from bumping, as a rubber-tipped doorstop or an old tire on the side of a boat.
4. a cup or glass filled to the brim, as with beer.
5. Informal. something unusually large.
6. a person who molds bricks by hand.
7. Foundry. a machine for ramming sand into a mold.
8. a carangid fish, Chlorosombrus chrysurus, of southern U.S. and Cuban coastal seas.
9. Television Slang. a brief announcement about a news story to be covered later in the programming.
10. the unconsumed end of a cigarette; cigarette butt.

adjective

1. unusually abundant:

verb (used with object)

1. to fill to the brim.

Origin of bumper

First recorded in 1750-60; bump + -er¹

Examples for bumper

bumper stickers proclaiming “Gitmo Saves Lives” can be purchased at keepamericasafe.com for $5.

"I don't wonder you don't like it on your face, bumper," she said.

bumper let out a squeal, and pulled the other way with all his might.

bumper was taken to the street corner with Fluffy, Dimples and Pickles.

You can imagine the state of bumper's feelings by this time.

bumper stopped talking while his brothers looked in amazement at him.

bumper was sure then that she intended to take him along with Jimsy; but no!

bumper stickers have even been printed that say "No to the murtazeqa," beside a silhouette of a man wearing a yellow hardhat.

Then she dropped her doll, and sprang forward to bumper's rescue.

She made a dive for bumper, and caught him by the fore paws.