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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If Owsley is something of a psychedelic Zelig, who became a countercultural cult figure (inspiring books, articles, bumper stickers, collectable tie-dye couture) despite keeping a relatively low profile at the time, then Cargill is practically phantasmic. John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025 Another small sign, about the size of a bumper sticker, was still hanging in a window of the Withers’ condo near Circleville when 73-year-old Jo Ann Echelbarger, their next-door neighbor, went outside to work in her garden on Oct. 17, 2024. Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 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 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 25 Jul. 2025.

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