bumper-to-bumper

  • 21bumper sticker — ☆ bumper sticker n. a gummed paper with a printed slogan, witticism, etc., for sticking on a vehicle s bumper …

    English World dictionary

  • 22Bumper — 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

  • 23Bumper — 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 …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 24Bumper pool — is a casual billiards game played on an octagonal (or, uncommonly, rectangular) table with one pocket centered on each end. Most tables have 12 bumpers, although some tables have 14 or 16. Two bumpers surround each pocket with the other eight… …

    Wikipedia

  • 25Bumper — 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

  • 26Bumper — (engl., spr. Bömper), ein Humpen, Maßglas …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 27Bumper — (Bömper), ein Humpen, Paßglas …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 28bumper — [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

  • 29bumper car — n a small electric car that you drive in a special area at a ↑funfair and deliberately try to hit other cars →↑dodgems …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30bumper car — bumper ,car noun count a small electric car for one or two people that you drive around a special area at an AMUSEMENT PARK and try to hit other cars …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English