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BUMP-uh/ˈbʌmpə/

A bumper is the bar at the front or back of a car that lessens damage in a knock. A bonnet is the front lid (UK); a boot is the rear storage. Car parks: a scraped bumper still goes on the incident form; a note on the windscreen is not enough.

Meaning

The bar at the front or back of a car that lessens damage in a knock.

Examples

• “A scraped bumper in the car park still goes on the incident form; a note on the windscreen is not enough.”
• “A bumper pack in the supermarket is a large pack, which is the extra sense, not a car part.”

Good to know

a bumper (car). Contrast: a bonnet / a boot (UK car parts). Incidents / car parks. Countable. Extra: a bumper pack = a large pack. Mix-up: bump is the knock or the verb.

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