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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 at an amusement park)
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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
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First Known Use
1938, in the meaning defined above
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“Bumper car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bumper%20car. Accessed 21 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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