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| bumper | |
| 1. n. (obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim. |  |
| 2. n. (colloquial, now mostly, attributive) Anything large or successful. | |
| 3. n. (automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender | |
| 4. n. Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact | |
| 5. n. Someone or something that bumps. | |
| 6. n. (cricket) A bouncer. | |
| 7. n. (billiards) A side wall of a pool table. | |
| 8. n. (broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements. | |
| 9. n. (slang) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer. | |
| 10. n. (slang) A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable. | |
| 11. n. (music) 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 applie | |
| 12. n. (pinball) An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score. | |
| 13. adj. (colloquial) Large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo. | |
| We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year. | |
| 14. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To drink from the vessels called bumpers. | |
