US /ˈbʌmpəɹ/ UK /ˈbʌmpə/
noun adj Freq #10275

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A bar at the front and back of a vehicle that absorbs the impact of a crash.

    The car's front bumper was dented in the parking lot.

  2. 2
    adj

    Unusually large or plentiful.

    The farmers celebrated a bumper harvest this year.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms bumpers
Derived forms bumper-stickerbumper-to-bumperbumperettebumperfish

Etymology

From bump + -er.

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