bumper car

noun

A small electric-powered vehicle encircled with a rubber bumper, used in an amusement ride.

Meanings

nounbumper car (plural bumper cars)

plural bumper cars

  1. A small electric-powered vehicle encircled with a rubber bumper, used in an amusement ride.

    I remember redwood trees, bumper cars and wolverines, the ocean's Trident submarines, lemons, limes and tangerines. I remember this...

    1988 November 8, R.E.M., “I Remember California”, in Green

    Synonyms: dodgem, bump car

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small electric-powered vehicle encircled with a rubber bumper, used in an amusement ride.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged

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Translations

Afrikaans stampkar
  • stampkarvehicle
Catalan auto de xoc, cotxe de xoc
  • auto de xocvehicle
  • cotxe de xocvehicle
Chinese Mandarin 碰碰車 /碰碰车
  • 碰碰車 /碰碰车 (pèngpèngchē)vehicle
Danish radiobil
  • radiobilvehicle
Dutch botsauto
  • botsautovehicle
Finnish törmäilyauto
  • törmäilyautovehicle
French auto tamponneuse, auto-tamponneuse
  • auto tamponneusevehicle
  • auto-tamponneusevehicle
German Autoscooter, Autoskooter
  • Autoscootervehicle
  • Autoskootervehicle
Greek συγκρουόμενο
  • συγκρουόμενο (sygkrouómeno)vehicle
Hungarian dodzsem
  • dodzsemvehicle
Indonesian hantam kendara
  • hantam kendaravehicle
Italian autoscontro
  • autoscontrovehicle
Japanese バンパーカー
  • バンパーカー (banpākā)vehicle
Korean 범퍼카
  • 범퍼카 (beompeoka)vehicle
Norwegian radiobil
  • radiobilvehicle
Polish autodrom
  • autodromvehicle
Portuguese carrinho de choque, carrinho bate-bate
  • carrinho de choquevehicle
  • carrinho bate-batevehicle
Spanish auto chocón, auto chocador
  • auto chocónvehicle
  • auto chocadorvehicle
  • carro chocónvehicle
  • carro chocadorvehicle
  • coche de choquevehicle
  • carrito chocónvehicle
Swedish radiobil
  • radiobilvehicle
Vietnamese xe điện đụng
  • xe điện đụngvehicle
Cite this entry
APA

bumper car. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bumper%20car

MLA

“bumper car.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bumper%20car. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bumper car,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bumper%20car.

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