jumper

¹ American  

[juhm-per] / ˈdʒʌm pər /

noun

1. a person or thing that jumps.

2. Basketball. jump shot.

3. Sports. a participant in a jumping event, as in track or skiing.

4. Manège. a horse specially trained to jump obstacles.

5. a boring tool or device worked with a jumping motion.

6. Also called jump wire.  Electricity. a short length of conductor used to make a connection, usually temporary, between terminals of a circuit or to bypass a circuit.

7. Also called jumper cable.  booster cable.

8. a kind of sled.

9. Also called jumper stay.  Nautical. a line preventing the end of a spar or boom from being lifted out of place.

10. any of various fishes that leap from the water, as the striped mullet or jumprock.

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jumper ² American  

[juhm-per] / ˈdʒʌm pər /

noun

1. 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.

2. a loose outer jacket worn especially by workers and sailors.

3. British. a pullover sweater.

4. jumpers, rompers.

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jumper ¹ British  

/ ˈdʒʌmpə /

noun

1. a boring tool that works by repeated impact, such as a steel bit in a hammer drill used in boring rock

2. Also called: jumper cable.   jumper lead.  a short length of wire used to make a connection, usually temporarily, between terminals or to bypass a component

3. a type of sled with a high crosspiece

4. a person or animal that jumps

5. derogatory a person who changes religion; a convert

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jumper ² British  

/ ˈdʒʌmpə /

noun

1. a knitted or crocheted garment covering the upper part of the body

2. Also called: pinafore dress.  a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater

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Etymology

Origin of jumper¹

First recorded in 1605–15; jump + -er ¹

Origin of jumper²

First recorded in 1850–55; obsolete jump “short coat” (of uncertain origin) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Germany’s Markus Rehm – known as the Blade Jumper – is going for his fourth Paralympic long jump title in the T64 category.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024

As Jumper and his colleagues report today, AF3 could correctly model known interactions between proteins and small, druglike molecules in 76% of the more than 400 cases tested, compared with roughly 40% for RoseTTAFold All-Atom.

From Science Magazine • May 8, 2024

In this "Jumper" task -- named after a 2008 movie of the same name -- the BMI translates the animal's brain activity into motion on the virtual reality screen.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023

Rap sites like No Jumper and Say Cheese get to delete the tweet and move on to the next hip-hop drama.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2022

Then they’d mounted old Jumper and headed for home.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

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