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noun

Bumper n.

1.

A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast. "He frothed his bumpers to the brim."

2.

A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer. (Cant)

Bumper n.

1.

That which bumps or causes a bump.

2.

Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock, such as a metal or rubber rim extending from an object; a buffer.

3.

Specifically: (Motor vehicles) A protective guard device, usually of metal or rubber, attached horizontally to the front or rear of the frame of a vehicle, designed to resist or deaden a bump or shock, and to prevent damage to the main frame of the vehicle in low-velocity collisions.

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Etymology of 'Bumper'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bumper" Quotes from Famous Books

... sort of way. 'Oh, we know all about that, my boy, but the gout will soon finish him; and there is no hurry—Leah is not thirty yet, and she is handsomer than she ever was in her life;' and he filled himself another bumper." ...

— Herb of Grace • Rosa Nouchette Carey

... interest. "Yes," said I, slowly; and then, with all the provoking nonchalance of an Italian improvisatore, who always halts at the most exciting point of his narrative, I begged a listener near me to fill my glass from the iced punch beside him. Not a sound was heard as I lifted the bumper to my lips; all were breathless in their wound-up anxiety to hear of their countryman who had been selected by Picton—for what, too, they knew not yet, and, indeed, at this instant I did not know myself, ...

— The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Vol. 1 • Charles James Lever

... before I really got the upper hand. I have. I bravely drove out to a Japanese truck garden for vegetables and came to grief. One of the boys tersely expressed it in his diary, "Muvs ran into a Japanese barn and rooked the bumper!" Now that that is over, I begin to feel a certain sense of independence that is not unpleasant. It is some time since I have stalled the engine or tried to climb a hill with the emergency brake set. The boys and the "pufflers" are ...

— The Smiling Hill-Top - And Other California Sketches • Julia M. Sloane

... behaviour. The squire was in great spirits, having just accomplished a purchase of land which was worth ten times what he gave for it; and this he did by a merry trick upon old Sir Roger Bassett, who never supposed him to be in earnest, as not possessing the money. The whole thing was done on a bumper of claret in a tavern where they met; and the old knight having once pledged his word, no lawyers could hold him back from it. They could only say that Master Faggus, being attainted of felony, was not a capable grantee. "I will soon cure that," quoth ...

— Lorna Doone - A Romance of Exmoor • R. D. Blackmore

... Alsatian diluted his glass of Aqua fortis, shook into it an infusion of bitters, and tossed off the bumper with apparent relish, I had time to look ...

— Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 • Various

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