Definitions For Bumbershoot

Noun

BUMBERSHOOT (plural BUMBERSHOOTs) (originally, and, chiefly, US, slang, humorous) An umbrella#noun, umbrella. from late 19th c. : {{synonyms, en, q1=Australia, Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, informal, brolly, q2=Britain, dated, gamp}} : {{ux, en, It smells like rain. Perhaps we should take along a bumbershoot.}}

Usage notes

Since {{circa2, 1940, short=1}}, many Americans have mistakenly assumed the word is British slang,{{cite-journal, author=Ben Yagoda, authorlink=Ben Yagoda, title=The Good Word: Cheerio, Bumbershoot! The Word is Not Actually British for Umbrella, magazine=w:slate (magazine), slate, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621065147/https://slate.com/human-interest/2011/11/bumbershoot-it-means-umbrella-but-its-not-british-for-umbrella.html, location=New York, N.Y., publisher={{w, The Slate Group}}, date=4 November 2011, issn=1090-6584, oclc=610473650}}. but the word is generally not used in Britain.

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, bumberchute}} {{qualifier, rare}} {{alter, en, bumberschutz}}

Translations

{{trans-top-also, (slang, humorous) umbrella, umbrella}} Finnish: sontsa Macedonian: ча́дор, m

Etymology

bumbershoot.]] probably a {{glossary, blend}} of bumber + shoot, modifications of umbrella, alt1=umbr(ella), parachute, alt2=(para)chute, notext=1.{{r:oed online, pos=n, date=july 2023, nodot=1}}; {{r:lexico, pos=n}} compare umbershoot.