bumper

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  1. noun A usually metal or rubber bar attached to either end of a motor vehicle, such as a truck or car, to absorb impact in a collision.
  2. noun A protective device for absorbing shocks or impeding contact.
  3. noun A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
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  • Silver duct tape crisscrossed the tail end, and on one side of the bumper was a decal that said GOD is MY copilot. —  Karin Slaughter - Blindsighted
  • Only when the bumper was a few feet from him did he realize something was wrong. —  The Vatican Rip-Jonathan Gash- Lovejoy 05
  • But my feet finally found something like a bumper, and I turned myself down into the all but lightless polluted water, reaching forward with my hands. —  Step on a Crack by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
  • The vertical guards on the bumper were a help; he hooked a knee around one of those Once in place, he got his right hand free, plucked the sodden show handkerchief out of his upper coat pocket, wadded it, then explored under the back of the cab for the exhaust pipe. —  160 - Colors For Murder
  • Among the auto parts that wear out fast or gets frequently damaged are the body panels and other exterior parts such as the bumper, the door, the tailgate, and the wheels, including the tires. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Perhaps from bump.

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  1. from bump + -er.
  2. Perhaps a corruption of bumbard, bombard, a drinking-vessel (see bombard, n.), associated with English dial. bumpsy, tipsy, bum, Middle English bummen, guzzle, drink: see bum.
  3. from bumper, n.
 

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