bumper-to-bumper
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bump·er-to-bump·er
(bŭm′pər-tə-bŭm′pər)adj.
1. Traveling close together with bumpers almost touching:The cars were bumper-to-bumper in the tunnel.
2. Moving slowly or stalled as a result of tight spacing between vehicles:bumper-to-bumper traffic.
bump′er-to-bump′er adv.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
bumper-to-bumper
adj
(of traffic) forming long, slow-moving queues
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
bump′er-to-bump′er
adj.
marked by a long line of cars moving slowly or with many stops and starts, one behind the other: bumper-to-bumper traffic.
[1935–40]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Adj. | 1. | bumper-to-bumper - used of traffic; "bumper-to-bumper traffic" slow - not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth" |
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