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Meanings of dodgem in English

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

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Examples for "dodgem car"
Examples for "dodgem car"
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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
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 in English
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
6
David Coulthard is offered a lucrative new contract on the dodgem circuit after rear-ending Mika Hakkinen in the Austrian Grand Prix.
The Irish Times
7
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
8
Looking not dissimilar to Steve Redgrave, facially and physically, he crammed into his small canoe like an outsize dad in a dodgem.
The Guardian
9
Looking not dissimilar to Steve Redgrave, facially and physically, he crammed into his small canoe like an outsized Dad in a dodgem.
The Guardian
10
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
11
But it is fun to drive in a dodgem-like way -it's fast to accelerate and will do 90mph, and coped admirably in a snowfall.
The Guardian
12
Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Grim Reaper rides the dodgems at Dismaland.
The Guardian
13
On their left was the Demon Dodgem Cars building, now boarded and shuttered.
The talisman
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The end result was a muscular game of human dodgems.
The Guardian
15
I had an 18-month break from writing it while I was producing Dodgem Logic.
The Guardian
16
Dodgem Logic volume 2, with a bit of luck, should be appearing early next year.
The Guardian
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