(n.) A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.
(n.) A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer.
(n.) That which bumps or causes a bump.
(n.) Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the upside, this year's monsoon will lead to bumper agricultural production, and the cheaper rupee also comes with a thick silver lining.
(2) Record numbers of shoppers hit the stores this weekend for the Thanksgiving Day sales but retail experts are sceptical that the trend can continue into a bumper Monday for online retailers.
(3) A rash of bumper pay deals would support the argument of the hawks, who believe interest rates should be raised to clamp down on inflation.
(4) This gesture goes some way to acknowledging the hypocrisy of an organisation which has sacked over 21,000 staff, while still attempting to pay bumper bonuses to the bosses.
(5) The Mr Benn approach also opens up lots of fancy dress options for TV sponsorship bumpers and blipverts.
(6) But the bumper year was somewhat blighted in the UK as Google was one of a number of multinational companies, including Amazon and Starbucks, that came under fire from MPs over their tax arrangements .
(7) Santander is planning to accelerate its expansion in Britain after reporting bumper profits in a market where it is now issuing 50% of all new mortgages.
(8) The run of unpredictable weather this season has left farmers and growers with bumper crops of "ugly" fruit and vegetables with reported increases in blemishes and scarring, as well as shortages due to later crops.
(9) 12.01pm GMT Report: Germany considering bumper aid payout for Greece.....
(10) None of these suggest a bumper year for the high street, since the jobless total is going up, house prices are going down, consumer confidence has cratered and real disposable income in 2011 saw its biggest fall since 1977.
(11) A bumper 16-page souvenir pullout will mark the end of its 30 years in print before it becomes the first national newspaper in the UK to go online only .
(12) The results are the second successive year of bumper returns for the major accounting firms and will fuel calls for more scrutiny from some backbench MPs and the small band of academics who closely watch the profession.
(13) Numerous educational materials were developed including training manuals, counseling booklets, tippee cups, posters, and bumper stickers.
(14) The company said it cannot make enough bumpers to satisfy demand, but will keep the offer of the free case open until September.
(15) The bumper return has prompted clubs to bring in new financial controls that they hope will limit wage inflation.
(16) She has also begun a privatisation programme and promised to put aside some of Nigeria's oil revenues in bumper years to cushion the country against plunging prices in future.
(17) We describe a patient in whom the internal bumper eroded into the stomach wall and was completely covered by gastric epithelium 11 months after gastrostomy tube placement.
(18) Headline profit before tax and one-off items is set to exceed expectations of £200m by up to 15% thanks to bumper sales – up 10% on a like-for-like basis in the 49 weeks to 7 January.
(19) It was also the year in which EastEnders and Coronation Street celebrated significant anniversaries by airing live episodes, which brought in bumper ratings.
(20) "The unpredictable weather this season, has left growers with bumper crops of ugly-looking fruit and vegetables with reported increases in blemishes and scarring, as well as shortages due to later crops.
Lumper
Definition:
(n.) The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen.
(n.) One who lumps.
(n.) A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.
Example Sentences:
(1) Certificates showing the occupation on fisherman (or similar term) or lumper were extracted.
(2) The cysteine residues are distributed on six CNBr fragments of the catalytic domain [Vogel and Lumper (1984) Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol.
(3) The structural data required to complete the sequences published previously [Vogel, Kaiser, Witt & Lumper (1985) Biol.
(4) 1) While it is possible only one type of second-degree AV block exists electrophysiologically, the available data do not justify such a conclusion and it would seem more appropriate to remain a "splitter," and advocate separation and definition of multiple mechanisms, than to be a "lumper," and embrace a unitary concept.
(5) There was no indication that the mortality pattern differed significantly between the two groups or from that of the community from which the lumpers and fishermen came.
(6) There are two main schools of thought: the "lumpers" do not recognize specific syndromes within the spectrum of mitochondrial "cytopathies", the "splitters" try to identify specific syndromes while recognizing the existence of borderline cases.