Bumper

Bumper
Bumper Bump"er, n. 1. That which bumps or causes a bump. [1913 Webster]

2. Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock, such as a metal or rubber rim extending from an object; a buffer. [1913 Webster]

3. (Motor vehicles) a protective guard device, usually of metal or rubber, attached horizontally to the front or rear of the frame of a vehicle, designed to resist or deaden a bump or shock, and to prevent damage to the main frame of the vehicle in low-velocity collisions. [PJC]


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  • bumper — ► NOUN 1) a protective horizontal bar across the front or back of a motor vehicle. 2) (also bumper race) Horse Racing a flat race for horses intended for future steeplechases. 3) archaic a large glass of an alcoholic drink. ► ADJECTIVE ▪… …   English terms dictionary

  • Bumper — Bum per, n. [A corruption of bumbard, bombard, a large drinking vessel.] 1. A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast. [1913 Webster] He frothed his bumpers to the brim. Tennyson.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bumper — Bumper. См. Встряхивающая формовочная машина. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • Bumper — (engl., spr. Bömper), ein Humpen, Maßglas …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Bumper — (Bömper), ein Humpen, Paßglas …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • bumper — [bœmpœʀ] n. m. ÉTYM. V. 1960, in Rey Debove et Gagnon; mot angl., de to bump « heurter, rebondir ». ❖ ♦ Anglic. Borne ou plot sur lequel la bille métallique d un billard électrique rebondit. ⇒ Billard (cit. 5 et supra) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • bumper — 1670s, glass filled to the brim; perhaps from notion of bumping as large, or from a related sense of booming (see BUMP (Cf. bump)). Meaning anything unusually large is from 1759, slang. Meaning buffer of a car is from 1839, Amer.Eng., originally… …   Etymology dictionary

  • bumper — bumper1 [bum′pər] n. ☆ a device for absorbing some of the shock of a collision; specif., either of two bars for this purpose, at the front and rear of a motor vehicle bumper2 [bum′pər] n. [prob. < obs. bombard, liquor jug, altered after BUMP]… …   English World dictionary

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