bumper car

noun

: a small electric car made to be driven around in an enclosure and to be bumped into others (as at an amusement park)

Examples of bumper car in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With bumper cars, water slides, kid’s clubs, ropes courses, candy stores and more, young children and tweens are guaranteed to be endlessly entertained (and give mom and dad time to slip away to the spa or pool bar). —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026

Each character has totally justified and totally unjustified reasons for resenting one another, and the sensation of absorbing those contrasting opinions is like being in a stuck bumper car, barraged and battered from all sides. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026

The business touts entertainment options like laser tag, bowling, arcades, go-karts, bumper cars and mini golf at its locations. —Nathan Pilling march 31, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026

Earth today is a jigsaw of giant chunks of crust that travel across the planet, smashing together like huge bumper cars, pushing up mountain ranges and melting back into magma along their edges. —Marissa Grunes, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bumper car

• abattoir
• alcazar
• autocar
• avatar
• belshazzar
• caviar
• caviare
• cinnabar
• commissar
• condylar
• deodar
• handlebar

Kids Definition

bumper car

noun

: a small electric car made to be driven around in an enclosure and to be bumped into others (as in an amusement park)