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bump + -er

Pronunciation

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Singular
bumper

Plural
bumpers

 
a red bumper (sense 1)
  1. (countable) A bumper is a bar at the front or back of a vehicle to reduce damage in a crash.
    The car's front bumper was dented in the accident.
  2. (informal) A bumper is something unusually large or abundant.
    The farmers celebrated a bumper crop of apples this year.
  3. (usually before a noun) A bumper crop, year, season, harvest, etc., is larger or better than usual.
    With the rain in the spring and the warm summer, we've had a bumper crop.
    The store is having a bumper sale this weekend.
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