Dictionary entry

Bumper

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bum″per (�), n. [A corruption of bumbard, bombard, a large drinking vessel.] 1. A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.

He frothed his bumpers to the brim.

Tennyson.

2. A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer.