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Meaning
Noun
●
Someone
or something
that bumps.
●
A
drinking
vessel
filled
to the brim.
●
Anything large or successful.
●
In Automotive & Auto parts:
Parts at the front and back of a
vehicle
which are
meant to
absorb
the impact of a
collision
; fender.
●
Any
mechanical
device
used to
absorb
an impact,
soften
a
collision
, or
protect
against impact.
●
In Cricket:
A bouncer.
●
In Billiards:
A
side wall
of a
pool
table.
●
A
cylindrical
object
used (as a
substitute
for
birds
) to
train
dogs
to retrieve.
●
In Broadcasting:
A
short
ditty
or
jingle
used to
separate
a show from the advertisements.
●
A
covered
house
at a
theatre
, etc;
in honour of
some
favourite
performer.
●
In Caribbean English & Jamaican English:
A woman's
posterior
,
particularly
one that is considered
full
and desirable.
●
In 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
applied
to other
sections
of the orchestra.
●
In Pinball:
An
object
on a
playfield
that
applies
force
to the
pinball
when
hit
, often
giving
a minor
increase in score.
●
In Australian English:
A
cigarette
butt.
●
In Horse racing:
In National Hunt
racing
, a
flat race
for
horses
that have
not yet
competed
either in
flat
racing
or over obstacles.
Adj
●
Large; (
as if
)
filled
to the
bumpers
at the
top
of a silo.
Verb
●
To
drink
from the
vessels
called bumpers.
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