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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Flock cameras capture not just a license plate number, but details about a vehicle like the make, color, damage or bumper stickers. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 While designed for license plate searches, Flock's powerful AI system also offers natural language search capabilities, allowing officers enter search terms related to things like bumper stickers, car type, color and damage. — Josh Wood, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 Aug. 2026 The cameras upload license plate numbers and also the vehicle’s color, model and even bumper stickers to the country’s largest vehicle surveillance database. — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026 Then law enforcement officers can search that data using natural-language descriptions (for example car color or a bumper sticker) across thousands of jurisdictions simultaneously. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bumper sticker

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

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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 5 Sep. 2026.

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