[buhm-per] 
| 1. | a person or thing that bumps. |
| 2. | a metal guard, usually horizontal, for protecting the front or rear of an automobile, truck, etc. |
| 3. | any protective rim, guard, pad, or disk for absorbing shock and preventing damage from bumping, as a rubber-tipped doorstop or an old tire on the side of a boat. |
| 4. | a cup or glass filled to the brim, as with beer. |
| 5. | Informal. something unusually large. |
| 6. | a person who molds bricks by hand. |
| 7. | Foundry. a machine for ramming sand into a mold. |
| 8. | a carangid fish, Chlorosombrus chrysurus, of southern U.S. and Cuban coastal seas. |
| 9. | Television Slang. a brief announcement about a news story to be covered later in the programming. |
| 10. | unusually abundant: Bumper crops reaped a big profit for local farmers. |
| 11. | to fill to the brim. |
| bump·er 1 (bŭm'pər) n.
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| bump·er 2 (bŭm'pər) n.
[Perhaps from bump.] |
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