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n. (plural of bumper car English)
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Bumper cars (in the US) or dodgems (in other English-speaking countries) is the generic name for a type of flat ride consisting of several small electrically powered cars which draw power from the floor and/or ceiling, and which are turned on and off remotely by an operator. They are also known as bumping cars and dashing cars.
The inventor was Victor Levand, who worked for G.E.
Usage examples of "bumper cars".
It was just like bumper cars and I felt the same sick charge, half guilt, half thrill.
Except the plow was bigger than the Hummer, a lot bigger, and who knew what might happen if they got into a game of bumper cars?
Traffic coursed and bumper-to-bumper cars weaved from lane to lane, cutting each other off, hitting their brakes and making it hard to keep the Sentra in sight.
Trevor grinned at me as the old man from the bumper cars took his place in the control booth of the roller coaster.
It was, however, more of a cautious bumping together like bumper cars at a carnival than a head-on collision between two steaming locomotives.
At the opposite end of the plaza from the school was a small amusement park, with crazy chairs, a rink of bumper cars and a Ferris wheel that stood against the night like a rotting decoration.
The parking lot was full and the surrounding streets were bumper-to-bumper cars.
Some big guy with a beer can tattooed on his forehead tried to muscle in ahead of us on the bumper cars and Elsie told him if he didn't watch his manners she was gonna hurt him real bad!
With Fiona's bare cement floors, it sounded like a roller rink or bumper cars.