Definitions for jumperˈdʒʌm pər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jump•erˈdʒʌm pər(n.)
a person or thing that jumps.
a participant in a jumping event, as in track or skiing.
Category: Sport
a horse trained to jump obstacles.
Category: Sport
Category: Sport
Ref: jump shot.
a boring tool or device worked with a jumping motion.
Category: Machinery
a short length of conductor used to make an electrical connection between terminals of a circuit or to bypass a circuit.
Category: Electricity and Magnetism
Also called jump′er ca`ble.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Electricity and Magnetism, Automotive
Ref: booster cable.
a kind of sled.
any of various fishes that leap from the water.
Category: Ichthyology
Origin of jumper:
1605–15
jump•erˈdʒʌm pər(n.)
a sleeveless dress, or a skirt with a bib and straps or with an open-sided bodice, usu. worn over a blouse.
Category: Clothing
a loose outer jacket worn esp. by workers and sailors.
Category: Clothing
Brit. a pullover sweater.
Category: British, Clothing
Origin of jumper:
1850–55; obs. jump short coat (orig. uncert.) + -er1
Princeton's WordNet
jumper(noun)
a person who jumps
"as the jumper neared the ground he lost control"; "the jumper's parachute opened"
jumper(noun)
an athlete who competes at jumping
"he is one hell of a jumper"
sweater, jumper(noun)
a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body
jumper(noun)
a coverall worn by children
jumper(noun)
a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections
jumper(noun)
a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen
jumper, pinafore, pinny(noun)
a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
jumper, jump shot(noun)
(basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
jumper(noun)ˈdʒʌm pər
a sweater
Wiktionary
jumper(Noun)
Someone or something that jumps; eg. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
jumper(Noun)
A woolen sweater or pullover.
jumper(Noun)
A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
jumper(Noun)
A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children.
jumper(Noun)
(usually as jumpers) Rompers.
jumper(Noun)
A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire.
jumper(Noun)
A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
jumper(Noun)
A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
Webster Dictionary
Jumper(noun)
one who, or that which, jumps
Jumper(noun)
a long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen
Jumper(noun)
a rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills
Jumper(noun)
the larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese
Jumper(noun)
a name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions
Jumper(noun)
spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece
Jumper(noun)
a loose upper garment
Jumper(noun)
a sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it
Jumper(noun)
a fur garment worn in Arctic journeys
Translations for jumper
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
jumper(noun)
a sweater or jersey.
- oorbloesAfrikaans

- سُتْرَه، جارزهArabic

- дамски пуловерBulgarian

- suéterPortuguese (BR)

- svetrCzech

- die SchlüpfbluseGerman

- jumper; sweaterDanish

- πουλόβερGreek

- jerseySpanish

- džemperEstonian

- بلوز گشاد؛ پلیورFarsi

- neulepuseroFinnish

- tricotFrench

- סְוֶודֶרHebrew

- कूदने वालाHindi

- džemper, vestaCroatian

- pulóverHungarian

- sweaterIndonesian

- golftreyjaIcelandic

- maglietta, pulloverItalian

- 婦人用セーターJapanese

- 점퍼, 스웨터Korean

- megztinis, džemperisLithuanian

- džemperisLatvian

- baju sejuk atau jersiMalay

- truiDutch

- genser, jumperNorwegian

- sweterekPolish

- بلوز گشاد؛ پلیورPersian

- جمپر، لمن(بلوز): دكارګرانواوږدكوټ، سدرۍډوله اوبدل شوې جامه چه ښځى يىدلمنىسره اغوندېPashto

- camisolaPortuguese

- bluză fără mâneciRomanian

- джемперRussian

- sveterSlovak

- pulover, jopicaSlovenian

- džemperSerbian

- jumperSwedish

- เสื้อถักด้วยไหมพรมหรือขนสัตว์อย่างหนาThai

- süveter, kazakTurkish

- 毛衣,套頭毛衣Chinese (Trad.)

- джемперUkrainian

- سر پر سے پہننے والا سویٹر یا کپڑاUrdu

- áo ngoài mặc chui đầuVietnamese

- 套头衫Chinese (Simp.)

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