dodgems

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans spoken

Dodgems are small electric cars driven to bump each other. Ride the dodgems.

The power comes down through the pole from a mesh ceiling, which is why they hum. Every sign on the dodgems says no bumping and nobody has ever obeyed it.

Definitions of dodgems

1noundodgemsSmall electric cars driven to bump each other.B2
“The dodgems were the only ride worth the money.”

dodgems is a ride.

Also accepted in games: bumper cars

Where it comes from

Built from

'em · English — them

dodgem comes from dodge 'em (“them”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Circus & Fairground

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