bumper

== English == === Etymology === From bump +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌmpə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʌmpəɹ/ Rhymes: -ʌmpə(ɹ) Hyphenation: bump‧er === Noun === bumper (plural bumpers) Someone or something that bumps. (obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim. (colloquial, now chiefly attributive) Anything large or successful. (automotive) 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. (cricket) A bouncer. (billiards) A side wall of a pool table. A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve. (broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements. (slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer. (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable. (music) 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. (pinball) An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score. (Australia, slang) A cigarette butt. (horse racing) In National Hunt racing, a flat race for horses that have not yet competed either in flat racing or over obstacles. (video games) A shoulder button on a gamepad. (bowling) Synonym of gutter guard (“rail to prevent a ball from rolling into the gutter”). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === bumper (not comparable) (colloquial) Wonderfully large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo, or successful in this regard. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === bumper (third-person singular simple present bumpers, present participle bumpering, simple past and past participle bumpered) (obsolete, intransitive) To drink from the vessels called bumpers. == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bompər/, [ˈb̥ɔmb̥ər] Homophone: bomber === Verb === bumper present tense of bumpe == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bumper. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʏmpər/ Hyphenation: bum‧per Rhymes: -ʏmpər === Noun === bumper m (plural bumpers, diminutive bumpertje n) bumper of a car, fender ==== Derived terms ==== bumperkleven bumpersticker ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: bumper, bemper == Indonesian == === Alternative forms === bamper, bemper (nonstandard) === Etymology === From Dutch bumper, from English bumper, from bump + -er. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbumpər/ [ˈbum.pər] Syllabification: bum‧per (nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈbampər/ [ˈbam.pər] === Noun === bumpêr bumper (parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision) === Further reading === “bumper”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Spanish == === Noun === bumper m (plural bumpers) bumper of a car