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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024jump•er1 /ˈdʒʌmpɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person or thing that jumps.
- Sporta shot in basketball made while leaping in the air.
- Electricitya short length of cable used to make an electrical connection or to bypass a circuit.
jump•er2 /ˈdʒʌmpɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Clothinga sleeveless dress, or a skirt with a bib and straps or with an open-sided bodice, usually worn over a blouse.
- Clothinga loose outer jacket worn esp. by workers and sailors.
- British Terms, Clothinga pullover sweater.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024jump•er1 ( jum′pər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that jumps.
- Sport[Basketball.]See jump shot.
- Sporta participant in a jumping event, as in track or skiing.
- Sport[Manège.]a horse specially trained to jump obstacles.
- a boring tool or device worked with a jumping motion.
- ElectricityAlso called jump wire. a short length of conductor used to make a connection, usually temporary, between terminals of a circuit or to bypass a circuit.
- Electricity, AutomotiveAlso called jump′er ca′ble. See booster cable.
- a kind of sled.
- Nautical, Naval TermsAlso called jump′er stay′. a line preventing the end of a spar or boom from being lifted out of place.
- any of various fishes that leap from the water, as the striped mullet or jumprock.
jump•er2 ( jum′pər),USA pronunciation n. - Clothinga one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children.
- Clothinga loose outer jacket worn esp. by workers and sailors.
- British Terms, Clothinga pullover sweater.
- Clothing jumpers, rompers.
- obsolete jump short coat (origin, originally uncertain) + -er1 1850–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: jumper /ˈdʒʌmpə/ n - chiefly Brit a knitted or crocheted garment covering the upper part of the body
- Also called: pinafore dress US Canadian a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
Etymology: 19th Century: from obsolete jump man's loose jacket, variant of jupe, from Old French, from Arabic jubbah long cloth coat jumper /ˈdʒʌmpə/ n - a boring tool that works by repeated impact, such as a steel bit in a hammer drill used in boring rock
- 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
- a person or animal that jumps
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