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 Definitions of jumper  [ˈdʒʌm pər]  

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Definition of 'jumper' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) jumper
a person or thing that jumps.

2.  jumper
a participant in a jumping event, as in track or skiing.

3.  jumper
a horse trained to jump obstacles.

4.  jumper
a boring tool or device worked with a jumping motion.

5.  jumper
a short length of conductor used to make an electrical connection between terminals of a circuit or to bypass a circuit.

6.  jumper
Also called jumper cable.

7.  jumper
a kind of sled.

8.  jumper
any of various fishes that leap from the water.

9. (n.) jumper
a sleeveless dress, or a skirt with a bib and straps or with an open-sided bodice, usu. worn over a blouse.

10.  jumper
a loose outer jacket worn esp. by workers and sailors.

11.  jumper
Brit. a pullover sweater.

Etymology:  (1850–55; obs. jump short coat (orig. uncert.) + -er1)

Definition of 'jumper' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) jumper
a person who jumps
"as the jumper neared the ground he lost control"; "the jumper's parachute opened"

2. (noun) jumper
an athlete who competes at jumping
"he is one hell of a jumper"

3. (noun) sweater, jumper
a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body

4. (noun) jumper
a coverall worn by children

5. (noun) jumper
a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections

6. (noun) jumper
a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen

7. (noun) jumper, pinafore, pinny
a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing

8. (noun) jumper, jump shot
(basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump


Definition of 'jumper' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) jumper
a sweater


Definition of 'jumper' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) jumper
one who, or that which, jumps

2. (noun) jumper
a long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen

3. (noun) jumper
a rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills

4. (noun) jumper
the larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese

5. (noun) jumper
a name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions

6. (noun) jumper
spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece

7. (noun) jumper
a loose upper garment

8. (noun) jumper
a sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it

9. (noun) jumper
a fur garment worn in Arctic journeys


Translation of 'jumper' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a sweater or jersey.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: oorbloes Arabic flag Arabic: سُتْرَه، جارزه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: дамски пуловер
Brazilian flag Brazilian: suéter Czech flag Czech: svetr German flag German: die Schlüpfbluse
Danish flag Danish: jumper; sweater Greek flag Greek: πουλόβερ Spanish flag Spanish: jersey
Estonian flag Estonian: džemper Farsi flag Farsi: بلوز گشاد؛ پلیور Finnish flag Finnish: neulepusero
French flag French: tricot Hebrew flag Hebrew: סְוֶודֶר Hindi flag Hindi: कूदने वाला
Croatian flag Croatian: džemper, vesta Hungarian flag Hungarian: pulóver Indonesian flag Indonesian: sweater
Icelandic flag Icelandic: golftreyja Italian flag Italian: maglietta, pullover Japanese flag Japanese: 婦人用セーター
Korean flag Korean: 점퍼, 스웨터 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: megztinis, džemperis Latvian flag Latvian: džemperis
Malay flag Malay: baju sejuk atau jersi Dutch flag Dutch: trui Norwegian flag Norwegian: genser, jumper
Polish flag Polish: sweterek Persian flag Persian: بلوز گشاد؛ پلیور Pashto flag Pashto: جمپر، لمن(بلوز): دكارګران
Portuguese flag Portuguese: camisola Romanian flag Romanian: bluză fără mâneci Russian flag Russian: джемпер
Slovak flag Slovak: sveter Slovenian flag Slovenian: pulover, jopica Serbian flag Serbian: džemper
Swedish flag Swedish: jumper Thai flag Thai: เสื้อถักด้วยไหมพรมหรือขนส Turkish flag Turkish: süveter, kazak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 毛衣,套頭毛衣 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: джемпер Urdu flag Urdu: سر پر سے پہننے والا سویٹر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: áo ngoài mặc chui đầu Chinese flag Chinese: 套头衫

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'jumper' - Nearby Entries  

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