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bumper

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Noun

  1. Someone or something that bumps.
  2. A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
  3. Anything large or successful.
  4. Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.
  5. Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.
  6. A bouncer.
  7. A side wall of a pool table.
  8. A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.
  9. A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
  10. A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
  11. A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
  12. 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.
  13. An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.
  14. A cigarette butt.
  15. In National Hunt racing, a flat race for horses that have not yet competed either in flat racing or over obstacles.
  16. A shoulder button on a gamepad.
  17. Synonym of gutter guard (“rail to prevent a ball from rolling into the gutter”).

Adjective

  1. Wonderfully large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.

Verb

  1. To drink from the vessels called bumpers.

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