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jumper
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A jumper (in American English ), pinafore dress or informally pinafore ( British English ) is a sleeveless, collarless dress intended to be worn over a blouse , shirt or sweater . In British English, the term jumper describes what is called a sweater in ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing. 2 A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also '''jump wire'''. 3 A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
jumper \jump"er\, n. A thing that jumps; esp., any of various tools or other contrivances operating with a jumping motion; as, (Mining, Quarrying, etc.), an instrument for boring holes in rocks by percussion without hammering, consisting of a bar of iron ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an athlete who competes at jumping an athlete who bounds or leaps (as in basketball) [syn: bounder , leaper ] a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, "one who jumps," agent noun from jump (v.). The word meaning "sleeveless dress" (1853) apparently is from mid-17c. jump "short coat," also "woman's under bodice," of uncertain origin, perhaps from French jupe "skirt" (see jupe ). Meaning "sleeveless ...
Usage examples of jumper.
If I were the more agile jumper Hovan Du far outclassed me in climbing, with the result that he reached the rail and was clambering over while my eyes were still below the level of the deck, which was, perhaps, a fortunate thing for me since, by chance, I had elected to gain the deck directly at a point where, unknown to me, one of the crew of the ship was engaged with the grappling hooks.
Holy Re-Formed had worn a polyester alb over a brown jumper and jeans.
Le Duc came in in high spirits, observing that he did not know he was such a good jumper.
Latham created the jumpers, and Kien controlled them through his loyal lieutenant.
The meeter and greeter, and the most savvy about show horses and jumpers, was Rita Scully herself.
Vitas, of the Jumpers, Quakers, and Revivalists, of the Mewers, Barkers, and Convulsionnaires.
Clay and Jumper flown by Airdart to Desert Haven to see why the rhenium was needed.
Jumper looped silk around a sashed Mundane, chomped him neatly on the head with his chelicerae nippers, and went on.
A brass plate on the wooden frame identified Laurel Savarin as the 1981 Junior Jumper Champion.
Now she stood among us, wearing a trouser suit and a black high-necked jumper, her hair scraped back and tied with some sort of bootlace, her high, pale forehead wrinkled with distaste for the wimpish Dane.
The horse was capable of it on his day, and I knew him to be a competent jumper and a willing battler in a close finish.
He was an experienced jumper, remaining upright and rocksteady as the canopy bellied down behind him and collapsed in the long grass.
Junior Jumper level, she had yet to run into Steve Sheppard again at any show.
Like a jumper on a trampoline he went headfirst, turning slowly at an angle, toward the handrails of the prow gallery.
The reserve chute is worn in front, and the whipping airstream sometimes gets inside and rips the pack open, dragging the chute and the jumper out the door prematurely.