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Lumper vs Bumper - What's the difference?

lumper | bumper |

As nouns the difference between lumper and bumper

is that lumper is the viviparous eelpout or lumper can be extra labor hired by a trucking company to assist a driver and/or customer unloading or loading a truck while bumper is (obsolete) a drinking vessel filled to the brim.

As an adjective bumper is

(colloquial) large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.

lumper

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • The viviparous eelpout.
    • Synonyms
    * lumpen, European eelpout

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Extra labor hired by a trucking company to assist a driver and/or customer unloading or loading a truck.
  • (biology, linguistics) A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to keep categories such as species or dialects together in larger groups.
    • Antonyms
    * (one who uses broad categories) splitter

    Anagrams

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    bumper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 443:
    • they now shook hands heartily, and drank bumpers of strong beer to healths which we think proper to bury in oblivion.
  • * 1818 , Keats, :
  • *:Yet can I gulp a bumper to thy name,—
  • *:O smile among the shades, for this is fame!
  • * 1859 , Dickens, A tale of two cities ,
    • Sydney Carton drank the punch at a great rate; drank it by bumpers , looking at his friend.
  • (colloquial) Anything large or successful (now usually attributively).
  • (automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender
  • Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact
  • * The company sells screw-on rubber bumpers and feet.
  • Someone or something that bumps.
  • (cricket) A bouncer.
  • (billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
  • (broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
  • (slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (colloquial) Large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
    • We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year.