Bumper
noun
A bar or guard at the front and back of a motor vehicle to reduce damage in a collision or as a barrier.
He accidentally pushed the cart into a parked car, thankfully the bumper absorbed the impact.
Often appears as...
- front bumper
- rear bumper
adjective
Exceptionally large, abundant or excellent.
The farmer had a bumper crop this year.
Often appears as...
- bumper crop
- bumper profits
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Approving
noun
A glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or a health.
He raised a bumper of champagne to toast the New Year.
Often appears as...
- raise a bumper
- drink a bumper
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Literary
noun
A bar or guard at the front and back of a motor vehicle to reduce damage in a collision or as a barrier.
He accidentally pushed the cart into a parked car, thankfully the bumper absorbed the impact.
Often appears as...
- front bumper
- rear bumper
adjective
Exceptionally large, abundant or excellent.
The farmer had a bumper crop this year.
Often appears as...
- bumper crop
- bumper profits
Usage tips
Approving
noun
A glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or a health.
He raised a bumper of champagne to toast the New Year.
Often appears as...
- raise a bumper
- drink a bumper
Usage tips
Literary
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Pro Tip 1/3Automotive Context
Often mentioned in car accidents or features, regarding vehicle safety.
The driver walked away unharmed thanks to the car's sturdy bumper.
Pro Tip 2/3Collision Absorption
'Bumper' implies protection, minimizing harm during minor collisions.
Kids often play bumper cars because the bumpers soften the collisions.
Pro Tip 3/3Car Descriptions
Used to describe parts in car reviews, ads, and repair discussions.
The advertisement boasted about the car's chromed front bumper.
Pro Tip 1/3Automotive Context
Often mentioned in car accidents or features, regarding vehicle safety.
The driver walked away unharmed thanks to the car's sturdy bumper.
Pro Tip 2/3Collision Absorption
'Bumper' implies protection, minimizing harm during minor collisions.
Kids often play bumper cars because the bumpers soften the collisions.
Pro Tip 3/3Car Descriptions
Used to describe parts in car reviews, ads, and repair discussions.
The advertisement boasted about the car's chromed front bumper.
Pro Tip 1/3Automotive Context
Often mentioned in car accidents or features, regarding vehicle safety.
The driver walked away unharmed thanks to the car's sturdy bumper.
Pro Tip 2/3Collision Absorption
'Bumper' implies protection, minimizing harm during minor collisions.
Kids often play bumper cars because the bumpers soften the collisions.
Pro Tip 3/3Car Descriptions
Used to describe parts in car reviews, ads, and repair discussions.
The advertisement boasted about the car's chromed front bumper.
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Margaret Heffernan: The...
She thought, when everybody knows, they'll want to do something, but actually nobody wanted to know. In fact, she became so annoying as she kept insisting on telling this story to her neighbors, to her friends, to other people in the community, that eventually a bunch of them got together and they made a bumper sticker, which they proudly displayed on their cars, which said,
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Cory Richards: Pushing...
how do I bring all of this together? How do I tell this story to this audience? Because you guys are all way smarter than me. That's it. Then I saw a bumper sticker. That's where my inspiration comes from. Bumper stickers. It was a very, very simple bumper sticker. It just said this. It said a little bit more than this,
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A Plan to Feed the World...
about her energy policy and I think our policies in the world have been kind of grow baby grow when it comes to food but like energy there is another side of the equation you can yell insulate baby insulate or maybe don't throw that away don't throw that it mo doesn't fit on a bumper sticker but you know what I'm
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Why it's so hard to make...
even though they return pennies on the dollar. Now, some of you may buy lottery tickets -- it's fun, there's the chance you might strike it rich But let's face this would be a horrible way to invest your retirement savings. I once saw a bumper sticker -- I am not making this up -- that said,
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Gonzalo Vilariño: How...
It's a national team of young men who play soccer in wheelchairs. They use motorized wheelchairs that they drive with a joystick, because they don't have enough strength in their arms to use conventional chairs. They added a bumper to the chair, a safeguard that protects their feet,
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Running from Police PIPE...
brings him back to the vehicle aiming to find out if the young man has any knowledge of the recent gang violence hey hey stop screaming man is it wisely just take a seat all right sit down on the back bumper listen to me relax mr.
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Get in the Car! PIPE Dog...
inside the car just the fact that she put her two feet on the bumper that told me okay so she's not a Gaines the cottage she was again smaller the way she went into the car so okay how can I help her to feel invited
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"The Nutritionist" by...
But my hands are always holding tight to the ripchord of believing A life can be rich like the soil Make food of decay Turn wound into highway Pick me up in a truck with that bumper sticker that says
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Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
I myself am a philosopher, and one of our occupational hazards is that people ask us what the meaning of life is. And you have to have a bumper sticker, you know. You have to have a statement.
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Kakapo: Flightless...
this fruit fuels kakapo reproduction and they only breed when the trees produce a bumper crop so about once every four years
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Margaret Heffernan: The...
She thought, when everybody knows, they'll want to do something, but actually nobody wanted to know. In fact, she became so annoying as she kept insisting on telling this story to her neighbors, to her friends, to other people in the community, that eventually a bunch of them got together and they made a bumper sticker, which they proudly displayed on their cars, which said,
Video examples
Cory Richards: Pushing...
how do I bring all of this together? How do I tell this story to this audience? Because you guys are all way smarter than me. That's it. Then I saw a bumper sticker. That's where my inspiration comes from. Bumper stickers. It was a very, very simple bumper sticker. It just said this. It said a little bit more than this,
Video examples
A Plan to Feed the World...
about her energy policy and I think our policies in the world have been kind of grow baby grow when it comes to food but like energy there is another side of the equation you can yell insulate baby insulate or maybe don't throw that away don't throw that it mo doesn't fit on a bumper sticker but you know what I'm
Video examples
Why it's so hard to make...
even though they return pennies on the dollar. Now, some of you may buy lottery tickets -- it's fun, there's the chance you might strike it rich But let's face this would be a horrible way to invest your retirement savings. I once saw a bumper sticker -- I am not making this up -- that said,
Video examples
Gonzalo Vilariño: How...
It's a national team of young men who play soccer in wheelchairs. They use motorized wheelchairs that they drive with a joystick, because they don't have enough strength in their arms to use conventional chairs. They added a bumper to the chair, a safeguard that protects their feet,
Video examples
Running from Police PIPE...
brings him back to the vehicle aiming to find out if the young man has any knowledge of the recent gang violence hey hey stop screaming man is it wisely just take a seat all right sit down on the back bumper listen to me relax mr.
Video examples
Get in the Car! PIPE Dog...
inside the car just the fact that she put her two feet on the bumper that told me okay so she's not a Gaines the cottage she was again smaller the way she went into the car so okay how can I help her to feel invited
Video examples
"The Nutritionist" by...
But my hands are always holding tight to the ripchord of believing A life can be rich like the soil Make food of decay Turn wound into highway Pick me up in a truck with that bumper sticker that says
Video examples
Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
I myself am a philosopher, and one of our occupational hazards is that people ask us what the meaning of life is. And you have to have a bumper sticker, you know. You have to have a statement.
Video examples
Kakapo: Flightless...
this fruit fuels kakapo reproduction and they only breed when the trees produce a bumper crop so about once every four years
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Quote examples
Paul Newman
American Actor
It's kind of like those little electric bumper cars where you drive around and see if you can hit the other guy. That's exactly what the country is like now. You no longer have the sense of community. Of loyalty. It's lost its sense of group. It has nothing to do with leadership.
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Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
My tattoo is of a cannon in Vancouver that I got in a fleeting moment of stupidity maybe 14 years ago. A lot of people have really beautiful tattoos, and I get real tattoo envy. But then other people basically just treat them like bumper stickers for their bodies.
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Stanley Kubrick
American Director
Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War and Peace' in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling.
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Joe Biden
American President
You want to know whether we're better off? I've got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive! Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive!
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Bill Dedman
American Journalist
Because appearing to be fair is part of being fair, most mainstream news organizations discourage marching for causes, displaying political bumper stickers or giving cash to candidates.
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Solomon Ortiz
American Politician
Supporting the troops has got to mean more than bumper stickers on pickup trucks, my friends. We need to give them what they need.
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Margaret Brennan
Talking points aren't going to help the viewers understand something better. They're about as useful as bumper sticker slogans.
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Stanley A. McChrystal
American Footballer
The reality is when you make 'America First' a bumper sticker and pump it overseas, what you're telling them is 'America Only'.
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Charles M. Schulz
American Cartoonist
There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.
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Michael Hayden
American Public Servant
Accusations fit on a bumper sticker; the truth takes longer.
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Paul Newman
American Actor
It's kind of like those little electric bumper cars where you drive around and see if you can hit the other guy. That's exactly what the country is like now. You no longer have the sense of community. Of loyalty. It's lost its sense of group. It has nothing to do with leadership.
Quote examples
Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
My tattoo is of a cannon in Vancouver that I got in a fleeting moment of stupidity maybe 14 years ago. A lot of people have really beautiful tattoos, and I get real tattoo envy. But then other people basically just treat them like bumper stickers for their bodies.
Quote examples
Stanley Kubrick
American Director
Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War and Peace' in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling.
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Joe Biden
American President
You want to know whether we're better off? I've got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive! Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive!
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Bill Dedman
American Journalist
Because appearing to be fair is part of being fair, most mainstream news organizations discourage marching for causes, displaying political bumper stickers or giving cash to candidates.
Quote examples
Solomon Ortiz
American Politician
Supporting the troops has got to mean more than bumper stickers on pickup trucks, my friends. We need to give them what they need.
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Margaret Brennan
Talking points aren't going to help the viewers understand something better. They're about as useful as bumper sticker slogans.
Quote examples
Stanley A. McChrystal
American Footballer
The reality is when you make 'America First' a bumper sticker and pump it overseas, what you're telling them is 'America Only'.
Quote examples
Charles M. Schulz
American Cartoonist
There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.
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Michael Hayden
American Public Servant
Accusations fit on a bumper sticker; the truth takes longer.
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