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A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.

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  1. n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.
  2. n. A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer.
  3. n. That which bumps or causes a bump.
  4. n. Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
  5. n. a glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast)
  6. n. a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
  7. 1. A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast. He frothed his bumpers to the brim. Tennyson. 2. A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer. [Cant] 1. That which bumps or causes a bump. 2. Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
  8. j:48/n:52 n. a glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast) n. a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage