jumpsuit

Or jump suit

[juhmp-soot]

noun

1. a one-piece suit worn by parachutists for jumping.

2. a garment fashioned after this, usually combining a shirt or bodice with shorts or trousers in one piece.

Word History and Origins

Origin of jumpsuit¹

First recorded in 1940–45; jump + suit

Example Sentences

Behind him, some 20 other prisoners in brown jumpsuits sat barefoot on the floor.

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Along with his blue jail jumpsuit, he wore a yarmulke and towel around his neck.

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Wearing red jumpsuits and carrying sledgehammers, they used a prison van, allegedly driven by Charlotte Head, to crash through security fencing, before then breaking into the factory itself, the court heard.

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Wearing an orange jumpsuit, Proctor, 60, leaned over several times to whisper to his attorney but otherwise said little during the hearing, a portion of which was held behind closed doors.

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Appearing before Magistrate Judge Rozella A. Oliver in a beige prison jumpsuit, Rinderknecht appeared agitated and held his hands behind his back.

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