Meaning of bumper | Babel Free

Definitions

1. defense
2. Someone or something that bumps.
3. A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
   obsolete
4. retaining wall
5. Anything large or successful.
   attributive, colloquial
6. Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.
7. back
8. Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.
9. third-person singular present indicative
10. A bouncer.
11. A side wall of a pool table.
12. A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.
13. A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
14. A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
    dated, slang
15. A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
    Caribbean, Jamaica, slang
16. An extra musician (not notated in the score) who assists the principal French horn by playing less-exposed passages, so that the principal can save their 'lip' for difficult solos. Also applied to other sections of the orchestra.
17. An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.
18. A cigarette butt.
    Australia, slang
19. In National Hunt racing, a flat race for horses that have not yet competed either in flat racing or over obstacles.
20. A shoulder button on a gamepad.
21. Synonym of gutter guard (“rail to prevent a ball from rolling into the gutter”).

Equivalents

Examples

“[T]hey now shook hands heartily, and drank bumpers of strong beer to healths which we think proper to bury in oblivion.”

“Pork ſucceeds to Beef, Pies to Puddings: The Cloth is remov'd, Madam, drench'd vvith a Bumper, drops a Courtſey, and departs; […]”

“Yet can I gulp a bumper to thy name,— / O smile among the shades, for this is fame!”

“Mr. Horrocks served myself and my pupils with three little glasses of wine, and a bumper was poured out for my lady.”

“Sydney Carton drank the punch at a great rate; drank it by bumpers, looking at his friend.”

“Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry; / Fill, O fill the pirate glass; / And, to make us more than merry, / Let the pirate bumper pass.”

“The company sells screw-on rubber bumpers and feet.”

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