bumper car

noun

(in an amusement park) a small, carlike electric vehicle with an encircling rubber bumper that one maneuvers around an enclosed arena while purposely bumping other vehicles.

Origin of bumper car

First recorded in 1945–50

Words Nearby bumper car

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How to use bumper car in a sentence

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British Dictionary definitions for bumper car

bumper car

noun

a low-powered electrically propelled vehicle driven and bumped against similar cars in a special rink at a funfair: Also called: Dodgem

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