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bumper-to-bumper

bumper-to-bumper adjective: very crowded and slow-moving, particularly with regard to motor vehicle traffic.

Adjective

bumper-to-bumper (comparative more bumper-to-bumper, superlative most bumper-to-bumper)

  1. Very crowded and slow-moving, particularly with regard to motor vehicle traffic.
    • I'm looking out over that Golden Gate bridge / On another gorgeous sunny Saturday / And I'm seeing that bumper to bumper traffic1985, “We Built This City”, in Knee Deep in the Hoopla, performed by Starship
  2. Comprehensive; covering all components.

Forms of bumper-to-bumper

comparativemore bumper-to-bumper
superlativemost bumper-to-bumper

Questions about bumper-to-bumper

What does bumper-to-bumper mean?
Bumper-to-bumper means very crowded and slow-moving, particularly with regard to motor vehicle traffic.
What part of speech is bumper-to-bumper?
Bumper-to-bumper is an adjective.

Words near bumper-to-bumper in the dictionary

  1. bumper music
  2. bumper pool
  3. bumper sticker
  4. bumper stickers
  5. bumper to bumper
  6. bumper-to-bumper
  7. bumpered
  8. bumperette
  9. bumperettes
  10. bumperfish
  11. bumpering

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