Bumper Definition

bŭmpər
bumpers
noun
A usually metal or rubber bar attached to either end of a motor vehicle, such as a truck or car, to absorb impact in a collision.
American Heritage
A cup or glass filled to the brim.
Webster's New World
A protective device for absorbing shocks or impeding contact.
American Heritage
Anything unusually large of its kind.
Webster's New World
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.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective
Unusually large or abundant.
A bumper crop.
Webster's New World

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

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

Other Word Forms of Bumper

Noun

Singular:
bumper
Plural:
bumpers

Origin of Bumper

  • From bump + -er.

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps from bump

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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