bumper
Meanings
noun
- Someone or something that bumps.
- A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
- Anything large or successful.
- Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.
- Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.
- A bouncer.
- A side wall of a pool table.
- A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.
- A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
- A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
- A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
- An extra musician (not notated in the score) who assists the principal French horn by playing less-exposed passages, so that the principal can save their 'lip' for difficult solos. Also applied to other sections of the orchestra.
adj
- Wonderfully large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo, or successful in this regard.
verb
- To drink from the vessels called bumpers.
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Etymology
From bump + -er.
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