Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Traveling close together with bumpers almost touching.
- adjective Moving slowly or stalled as a result of tight spacing between vehicles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective moving slowly with little space between; -- used of road traffic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Very
crowded andslow -moving , particularly with regard tomotor vehicle traffic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used of traffic
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Examples
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It was a nice break to get out of the hectic Dhaka bumper-to-bumper mentality and catch a glimpse of Bangladesh from the inside out, passing fishermen, waving back to children playing on the river banks and even getting the amazing thumbs up from a fully burka'd woman passing over a bridge.
Christy Turlington: Back to Bangladesh -- Day 4 Christy Turlington 2011
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It was a nice break to get out of the hectic Dhaka bumper-to-bumper mentality and catch a glimpse of Bangladesh from the inside out, passing fishermen, waving back to children playing on the river banks and even getting the amazing thumbs up from a fully burka'd woman passing over a bridge.
Christy Turlington: Back to Bangladesh -- Day 4 Christy Turlington 2011
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It was a nice break to get out of the hectic Dhaka bumper-to-bumper mentality and catch a glimpse of Bangladesh from the inside out, passing fishermen, waving back to children playing on the river banks and even getting the amazing thumbs up from a fully burka'd woman passing over a bridge.
Christy Turlington: Back to Bangladesh -- Day 4 Christy Turlington 2011
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It was a nice break to get out of the hectic Dhaka bumper-to-bumper mentality and catch a glimpse of Bangladesh from the inside out, passing fishermen, waving back to children playing on the river banks and even getting the amazing thumbs up from a fully burka'd woman passing over a bridge.
Christy Turlington: Back to Bangladesh -- Day 4 Christy Turlington 2011
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While the toll road covers only a section of that commute, it will allow drivers to bypass the slowest part - winding, two-lane roads such as Muncaster Mill Road that become bumper-to-bumper during the morning and evening rush hours.
Debate over the merits of Maryland's new toll road continues as the ICC opens to traffic 2011
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Therese + Joel Beatrix Ost and Ludwig Kuttner I like to attend society balls once in a while for the same reason I try to drive out to the Hamptons every couple of years on sweltering summer weekends in bumper-to-bumper traffic: just so I know what I'm not missing.
All Dressed Up to Save Venice Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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My speeding abruptly turns into bumper-to-bumper crawling.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011
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The number of drivers curious about the six-lane highway - or eager to escape bumper-to-bumper local roads - remained low enough to give it an empty, forgotten feel for much of the day.
ICC opens to traffic 2011
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Anyone who has ever stewed in a stream of bumper-to-bumper cars or languished on a Metro platform after just missing a train has thought, "I could walk faster than this."
Workout while commuting to and from work Vicky Hallett 2010
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While the toll road covers only a section of that commute, it will allow drivers to bypass the slowest part - winding, two-lane roads such as Muncaster Mill Road that become bumper-to-bumper during the morning and evening rush hours.
Debate over the merits of Maryland's new toll road continues as the ICC opens to traffic 2011
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