bumper sticker

noun

: a strip of adhesive paper or plastic bearing a printed message and designed to be stuck on a vehicle's bumper

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The tools are building massive databases of everything from bumper stickers to yard signs. Melvin Backman, Quartz, 4 Oct. 2024 Weist believes that, given the relatively small number of images showing bumper stickers compared to the large number of vehicles with them, Motorola Solutions may be attempting to filter out images containing bumper stickers or other text. Matt Burgess, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2024 On yard signs, scarfs, hats, visors, T-shirts, bumper stickers, coffee mugs and jewelry. R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024 The knick-knacks churned forth: anti-malathion spraying and anti-Jerry Brown T-shirts, buttons and bumper stickers. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bumper sticker 

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bumper sticker was in 1948

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“Bumper sticker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bumper%20sticker. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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