bumper-to-bumper

  • 51bumper guard — noun vertical bars attached to a bumper to prevent locking bumpers with another vehicle • Hypernyms: ↑mechanical device • Part Holonyms: ↑bumper * * * noun : either of two vertical shoes attached to the bumper of an automobile to prevent the… …

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  • 52Bumper Tormohlen — Eugene R. Bumper Tormohlen (born May 12, 1937) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. After a college career at the University of Tennessee, Tormohlen was selected with the fifth pick in the second round of the 1959 NBA… …

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  • 53bumper-to-bumper — adj. Bumper to bumper is used with these nouns: ↑traffic …

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  • 54bumper — bump|er1 [ bʌmpər ] noun count a long thin bar of metal or plastic attached to the front or back of a vehicle, designed to protect it if it hits anything bumper bump|er 2 [ bʌmpər ] adjective only before noun bigger or more successful than usual …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 55bumper to bumper — a lane of vehicles with the bumpers nearly touching    Traffic on Memorial Drive was bumper to bumper at 4:30 today …

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  • 56bumper to bumper — having almost no space between cars and moving very slowly. Traffic is bumper to bumper from the Midtown Tunnel all that way out to exit 17 on the Turnpike …

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  • 57bumper car — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bumper car : singular bumper car plural bumper cars a dodgem car …

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  • 58bumper sticker — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bumper sticker : singular bumper sticker plural bumper stickers a small sign that you can stick on your car with a message on it that may be funny, political, or advertising something …

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  • 59bumper-to-bumper — bump′er to bump′er adj. cvb marked by a long line of cars moving slowly or with many stops and starts, one behind the other: bumper to bumper traffic[/ex] • Etymology: 1935–40 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 60bumper-to-bumper — /ˈbʌmpə tə bʌmpə/ (say bumpuh tuh bumpuh) adjective (of traffic) congested and moving very slowly. Also, bumper to bumper …