How to pronounce bumper
American English pronunciation
BUM-per
- IPA
- /ˈbʌmpɚ/
- Syllables
- BUM · per (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What bumper means
Most people know bumper in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
Much bigger than usual, like a huge harvest
In a sentence: The farmers grew a bumper crop of pumpkins, the most they had ever picked.
Where it comes from: It comes from the word bump. A bumper was once a cup filled right to the brim, and the "very big" sense pictures something filled all the way to the top.
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