bumper-to-bumper
71bumper to bumper — [1] A traffic condition in which a line of vehicles are stopped one after the other or are moving very slowly. [2] A way of expressing the entire vehicle from one bumper to the other …
72bumper — n. 1 a horizontal bar or strip fixed across the front or back of a motor vehicle to reduce damage in a collision or as a trim. 2 (usu. attrib.) an unusually large or fine example (a bumper crop). 3 Cricket a ball rising high after pitching. 4 a… …
73bumper car — noun a small low powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged • Syn: ↑Dodgem • Hypernyms: ↑vehicle * * * noun, pl ⋯ cars [count] chiefly US : a small electric car that you drive around …
74bumper sticker — noun : a strip of adhesive paper or plastic bearing a printed message (as a candidate s name or a slogan) and designed to be stuck on a vehicle s bumper * * * noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] : a strip of paper or plastic that has a printed message and… …
75bumper sticker — noun Date: 1967 a strip of adhesive paper or plastic bearing a printed message and designed to be stuck on a vehicle s bumper …
76bumper — I. noun Etymology: probably from bump to bulge Date: 1676 1. a brimming cup or glass 2. something unusually large II. adjective Date: 1885 1. unusually large < a bumper crop > …
77bumper — bumper1 /bum peuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that bumps. 2. a metal guard, usually horizontal, for protecting the front or rear of an automobile, truck, etc. 3. any protective rim, guard, pad, or disk for absorbing shock and preventing damage… …
78bumper car — (in an amusement park) a small, carlike electric vehicle with an encircling rubber bumper that one maneuvers around an enclosed arena while purposely bumping other vehicles. [1945 50] * * * …
79bumper guard — either of two vertical crosspieces attached to a bumper of a motor vehicle to prevent it from locking bumpers with another vehicle. * * * …
80bumper jack — a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper. * * * …
