bumper car

noun

: a small electric car made to be driven around in an enclosure and to be bumped into others (as at an amusement park)

Examples of bumper car in a Sentence

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Rink is ice skating only this year, no bumper cars. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2024 Boca Ice, 900 Peninsula Corp Circle, Boca Raton, opens up the rink for a battlefield with bumper cars on ice with lasers. Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2024 The Astro Blasters vehicle worked like a bumper car but also launched balls at other participants. Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024 But the film’s trailer gives us two more clues: bumper cars and a swing ride. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bumper car 

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bumper car was in 1938

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“Bumper car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bumper%20car. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

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bumper car

noun
: a small electric car made to be driven around in an enclosure and to be bumped into others (as in an amusement park)
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