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Meanings of dodgem car in English

A small electric car designed to bump into other similar cars, often displayed at a funfair.

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Examples for "dodgem"
Examples for "dodgem"
1
Alan winked back, and they wandered on, past rifle-ranges, hooplas and dodgem cars.
Eight Days of Luke
2
It's a hugely ambitious piece of dance theatre set on a dodgem track.
The Irish Times
3
Now I know where fairground dodgem cars were invented.
The Guardian
4
Lady Ermine might well have been a dodgem fiend.)
The Guardian
5
The dodgem cars came first, smashing through the reinforced sides of their stand and heading straight for us at impossible speed.
The unnatural inquirer
1
It was about as complicated to make move as a bumper car.
Turn coat
2
Few strikers use their body so well, a bumper car relishing the bumps.
The Guardian
3
Check out these two pictures from the bumper car ride at the fair.
Wired
4
But a summer retreat in Dingle or Donegal summoned up visions of bumper -to- bumper car journeys.
The Irish Times
5
Geneva Motor Show Caption Contest is... Man, I always get the bumper car that won't move.
Wired
Usage of dodgem car in English
1
Alan winked back, and they wandered on, past rifle-ranges, hooplas and dodgem cars.
Eight Days of Luke
2
Now I know where fairground dodgem cars were invented.
The Guardian
3
The dodgem cars came first, smashing through the reinforced sides of their stand and heading straight for us at impossible speed.
The unnatural inquirer
4
The subsequent films may, at least, explain why the current picture begins with a sequence depicting mentally challenged adults driving dodgem cars.
The Irish Times
5
The rest of the dodgem cars were already upon us, so Suzie and I threw ourselves in opposite directions, out of their way.
The unnatural inquirer