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单词 bumperize
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bumperizev.

Brit. /ˈbʌmpərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈbəmpəˌraɪz/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bumper n.1, -ize suffix.
Etymology: < bumper n.1 + -ize suffix. Compare earlier bumper v.1
rare.
intransitive. To drink bumpers (bumper n.1 6). Also occasionally transitive: to drink (a toast) in the form of a bumper.In later use chiefly with reference or allusion to quot. a1794.
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a1794 E. Gibbon Memoirs in Misc. Wks. (1796) I. 100 We kept bumperizing till after roll-calling.
1888 ‘Garryowen’ Chron. Early Melbourne II. l. 680 The charter toasts of Orangeism..were uproariously bumperized amidst stunning salvos of ‘Kentish fire’.
1964 H. Trevor-Roper in Listener 22 Oct. 617/1 Gibbon..‘bumperized’, in the barren years of 1760–62, with his rural neighbours in the Hampshire militia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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