pər adjective
1.
marked by a long line of cars moving slowly or with many stops and starts, one behind the other: bumper-to-bumper traffic.
2.
Informal. following one another in profusion: bumper-to-bumper worries.
Origin:
1935–40
1935–40
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| bumper-to-bumper | |
adjective | |
| used of traffic; "bumper-to-bumper traffic" |
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Bumper-to-bumper
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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