bumper sticker

noun

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

Examples of bumper sticker in a Sentence

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Near the Plaza, demonstrators booed a large truck bearing a Trump bumper sticker and exchanged words with the driver briefly before the vehicle drove off. Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2025 Funny bumper stickers and things like that going on. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 30 May 2025 That score bug — which has since been turned into a bumper sticker that can be seen all around Los Angeles — will forever live in infamy in New York. Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025 Reporter Curtis Bunn spoke to owners across the country who have sold their cars, hit their breaking points or resorted to adoring their car with magnets or bumper stickers expressing their disdain for Musk. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2025 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 1 Jul. 2025.

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