Bumper or Bumpers may refer to:
People
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Betty Bumpers (1925-2018), American activist, First Lady of Arkansas, wife of Dale Bumpers
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Dale Bumpers
Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prio ...
(1925–2016), American politician, governor of Arkansas and senator
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Bumper Robinson
Larry C. "Bumper" Robinson II is an American film, television and voice actor. He is known for his roles as Bumblebee and Blitzwing on '' Transformers: Animated'', Falcon on '' Avengers Assemble'' and Cyborg in '' Justice League: Doom''.
Career
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(born 1974), American actor and voice actor
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Bumper Tormohlen
Eugene R. "Bumper" Tormohlen (May 12, 1937 – December 27, 2018) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was born and raised in Holland, Indiana; he attended Holland High and helped lead the Dutchmen to an IHSAA Sectional ...
(1937–2018), American National Basketball Association player and coach
Arts and entertainment
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''Bumpers'' (album), a rock music sampler by Island Records
* "Bumper",
a song by Julio Voltio
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Bumper (broadcasting)
In broadcasting, a commercial bumper, ident bumper, or break-bumper (often shortened to bump) is a brief announcement, usually two to fifteen seconds in length that can contain a voice over, placed between a pause in the program and its commercia ...
, a short transitional segment
* Bumper,
a type of obstacle in pinball
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''Hit and Run'' (2009 film), a horror film also known as ''Bumper''
* Bumper, a bulldog in the American comic strip ''
The Middletons
''The Middletons'' is an American comic strip created by Ralph Dunagin and Dana Summers. The strip debuted on November 3, 1986, in the Orlando Sentinel. Originally distributed by News America Syndicate, it moved to North America Syndicate in 1987 ...
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* Bumper the Badger, a character in the video game ''
Diddy Kong Racing
''Diddy Kong Racing'' is a 1997 racing video game developed and published by Rare for the Nintendo 64. The game is set on Timber's Island and revolves around Diddy Kong and his friends' attempt to defeat the intergalactic antagonist, a wizardi ...
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Technology and transportation
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Bumper (car)
A bumper is a structure attached to or integrated with the front and rear ends of a motor vehicle, to absorb impact in a minor collision, ideally minimizing repair costs. Stiff metal bumpers appeared on automobiles as early as 1904 that had a ...
, a part for absorbing impact
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Buffer stop
A buffer stop, bumper, bumping post, bumper block or stopblock (US), is a device to prevent railway vehicles from going past the end of a physical section of track.
The design of the buffer stop is dependent, in part, on the kind of couplings ...
or bumper, a stopping device on railroads
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RTV-G-4 Bumper
The RTV-G-4 Bumper was a sounding rocket built by the United States. A combination of the V-2 rocket, German V-2 rocket and the WAC Corporal sounding rocket, it was used to study problems pertaining to two-stage high-speed rockets. The Bumper prog ...
, an American sounding rocket
Other uses
* , a US Navy submarine
* Two game fish in the family Carangidae:
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Atlantic bumper
The Atlantic bumper (''Chloroscombrus chrysurus'') is a game fish in the family, Carangidae. It was first described by the "father of modern taxonomy", Carl Linnaeus in the book, ''Systema Naturae''. Atlantic bumper are known to eat smaller fish, ...
(Chloroscombrus chrysurus)
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Pacific bumper (Chloroscombrus orqueta)
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Bumper race National Hunt flat races, informally known as bumper races, are a type of flat racing but run under National Hunt racing rules in Britain and Ireland.
National Hunt flat races were created on 15 July 1891 when a conference between the stewards of ...
, a type of horse race
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Crib bumper, a cushion in an infant bed
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Bumper knot
In fishing, a bumper knot (also known as a bait loop or egg loop) can be used to secure soft or loose bait, including clusters of eggs, to a hook.
Instructions
The first suggestion for tying the bumper knot is to always keep the loops tight. If ...
, used in fishing to secure bait
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Automatic watch#Bumper, an early type of self-winding mechanism in automatic watches
See also
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Bumper v. North Carolina'', a US Supreme Court case decided in 1968
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Bumper crop
In agriculture, a bumper crop is a crop that has yielded an unusually productive harvest. The word "bumper" in this context comes from a usage that means "something unusually large", which is where this term comes from.
Though very productive har ...
, a crop that has yielded an unusually productive harvest
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BMPER, a human protein
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Bump (disambiguation)
Bump or Bumps may refer to:
* A collision or impact
* A raised protrusion on the skin such as a pimple, goose bump, prayer bump, lie bumps, etc.
Infrastructure and industry
* Coal mine bump, a seismic jolt occurring within a mine
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