bumper-to-bumper
31bumper sticker — bumper ,sticker noun count a small sign you can stick on your car with a message on it that may be funny, political, or religious …
32bumper — 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… …
33bumper — 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]… …
34Bumper sticker — thumb|right|250px|Bumper stickers are often used on commercial vehicles so that employers can receive feedback about the driving habits of their employeesA bumper sticker is an adhesive label or sticker with a message, intended to be attached to… …
35bumper — Originally a bumper was a separate metal bar or blade at each end of a vehicle to prevent damaging the main part of the vehicle from damage occurred by a slight bump into an obstruction or another vehicle. Also see bumper system energy absorbing… …
36bumper-to-bumper — adjective used of traffic bumper to bumper traffic • Similar to: ↑slow * * * /bum peuhr teuh bum peuhr/, adj. 1. marked by a long line of cars moving slowly or with many stops and starts, one behind the other: bumper to bumper traffic. 2.… …
37Bumper (automobile) — An automobile s bumper is the front most or rear most part, ostensibly designed to allow the car to sustain an impact without damage to the vehicle s frame or safety systems, but it will not withstand damage to high speed impacts. While bumpers… …
38bumper — [[t]bʌ̱mpə(r)[/t]] bumpers 1) N COUNT Bumpers are bars at the front and back of a vehicle which protect it if it bumps into something. ● PHRASE: v link PHR, PHR n, PHR after v If traffic is bumper to bumper, the vehicles are so close to one… …
39bumper — /ˈbʌmpə / (say bumpuh) noun 1. a person or thing that bumps. 2. → bumper bar. 3. a cup or glass filled to the brim, especially when drunk as a toast. 4. something unusually large or full. 5. Colloquial a cigarette end; a discarded cigarette,… …
40Bumper (rocket) — Infobox rocket caption =Bumper 5, launched February 24, 1949 name =Bumper function =Sounding rocket manufacturer =Army Ballistic Missile Agency country origin =Germany/United States height = 62 feet alt height = diameter =5 feet, 5 inches alt… …
