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bumper to bumper

bumper to bumper is the alternative form of bumper-to-bumper.

Meaning of bumper-to-bumper

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 is bumper to bumper the alternative form of?
Bumper to bumper is the alternative form of bumper-to-bumper.

Words near bumper to bumper in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bumper to bumper (page history and authors); bumper-to-bumper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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