Bumper
Bumper adjective - Unusually large.
Usage example: a bumper crop of pumpkins that year
Minute
Minute adjective - Very small in size.
Usage example: made some minute adjustments to the controls
Both words in one sentence
-
Apparently, several people have made last-minute testaments in this way: There is a story about a farmer, trapped under his own tractor writing on the bumper, with mud, who of his neighbours would get which of his animals and about a dying man who wrote "all to wife" on the wall in his own blood.
Source: Couldn't Find a Pen -
Parodied briefly in the cartoon, "Phone Call From the 405" from the episode, "Fox Trot." Three Shorts: Some were in this format (usually with a bumper before each), while others were standalone 22-minute episodes.
Cite this Source
Minute and Bumper. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bumper/minute
Bumper & Minute. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bumper/minute>.
Minute or Bumper. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bumper/minute.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "bumper" and "minute" have occurred on timeline