"bumper-to-bumper" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more bumper-to-bumper [comparative], most bumper-to-bumper [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} bumper-to-bumper (comparative more bumper-to-bumper, superlative most bumper-to-bumper)
  1. Very crowded and slow-moving, particularly with regard to motor vehicle traffic. Categories (topical): Automotive
    Sense id: en-bumper-to-bumper-en-adj-I6ZMGGaL Disambiguation of Automotive: 67 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 68 32
  2. (of a vehicle warranty) Comprehensive; covering all components.
    Sense id: en-bumper-to-bumper-en-adj-gj5C7Rbj

Alternative forms

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