bumper
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Is bumper a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim.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!"obsolete
2. (colloquial, now chiefly attributive) Anything large or successful.attributivecolloquial
3. (automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.
4. (cricket) A bouncer.
5. (billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
6. (broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
adj (English)
1. (colloquial) Wonderfully large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.Examples: "a bumper collection of silly jokes"; "We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year."; ""I see I must bribe you to harbour me—come, pledge me in a bumper health to the last young lady that slept at Wolf's Crag, and liked her quarters.—My bones are not so tender as hers, and I am resolved to occupy her apartment tonight, that I may judge how hard the couch is that love can soften.""colloquialnot-comparable
verb (English)
1. (obsolete, intransitive) To drink from the vessels called bumpers.intransitiveobsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary