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bumper-to-bumper

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bumper-to-bumperadjective

    used of traffic

    "bumper-to-bumper traffic"

Wiktionary

  1. bumper-to-bumperadjective

    Very crowded and slow-moving, particularly with regard to motor vehicle traffic.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bumper-to-bumper in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bumper-to-bumper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of bumper-to-bumper in a Sentence

  1. Mr Smith:

    In peak hour you’re having to stop at traffic lights and wait two cycles for it to turn green, this idea is not going to have much impact if so much traffic is going bumper-to-bumper, but as traffic lights lighten up, people will have a much smoother journey.

  2. Kyle Lavender:

    These are cars that are parked bumper to bumper, and with the winds we had last night and the heat the cars were giving off, it was spreading quickly.

  3. One Rodeo resident:

    ALASKA WOMAN GETS 60 YEARS FOR SETTING COUCH ABLAZE WITH BOYFRIEND ON IT Contra Costa Fire Department spokesman Steve Hill said the tanks held varying amounts of ethanol. One tank alone contained around 167,000 gallons of the flammable substance. Approximately 200 firefighters were battling the blazes using foam on the flames and water to cool adjacent tanks to prevent them from catching fire. Officials closed Interstate 80, one of the busiest in the Bay Area at the peak of rush hour, causing major traffic jams.The California Highway Patrol said the closure was expected to last at least until midnight. CALIFORNIA LYFT DRIVER IS PULLED OVER SO POLICE CAN ARREST HER PASSENGER One Rodeo resident, One Rodeo resident, told The Associated Press he was sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic trying to get home to his teenage son. His son had called him to say he heard a loud explosion. It literally rocked the house and then soon after, he heard what sounded like a jet plane.

  4. Mr Smith:

    This idea is not going to have much impact if so much traffic is going bumper-to-bumper, but as traffic lights lighten up, people will have a much smoother journey.

  5. Julie Marks:

    There is bumper-to-bumper [cars] on the big nights … waiting to get in here, they were coming around … in busses and limos just to see the lights.

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