a bar fixed to the front and back of a car, etc. to reduce the effect if it hits anything:
a bumper sticker (= a sign that people stick on the bumper of their cars with a message on it) * The cars were bumper to bumper on the road to the coast (= so close that their bumpers were nearly touching).
adjective [onlybeforenoun] (approving) unusually large; producing an unusually large amount:
a bumper issue (= of a magazine, etc.) * a bumper crop / harvest / season / year
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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