jumper
Jumper means someone or something that jumps.
(noun)- An example of a jumper is an excited toddler.
- An example of a jumper is a kangaroo.
Ajumper is defined as a full-body item of children's clothing that goes over a shirt, or a British word for a sweater or pullover.
(noun)- An example of a jumper is a denim pants and bib garment to be worn with something underneath.
- An example of a jumper is a wool sweater.
The definition of a jumper is a wire used to make an electrical connection.
(noun)An example of a jumper is the cable used to jump start a battery.
See jumper in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a person, animal, or thing that jumps
- ☆ a kind of sled
- a short wire to close a break in, or cut out part of, a circuit, or to make a temporary electrical connection
- ☆ Basketball jump shot
- Mining a boring tool that operates with an up-and-down jumping motion
noun
- a loose jacket or blouse; specif.,
- one worn by workmen to protect clothing
- one with a wide collar hanging down in back, worn by sailors
- a sleeveless dress for wearing over a blouse or sweater
- ☆ rompers
Origin: < earlier dial. jump, short coat, prob. altered (infl. by jump) < Fr jupe (? via Sp aljuba, Moorish garment) < Ar al jubbah < al, the + jubbah, jubbah
See jumper in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- One that jumps.
- A type of coasting sled.
- Electricity A short length of wire used temporarily to complete a circuit or to bypass a break in a circuit.
- Basketball See jump shot.
- A saddle horse that has been trained to jump over obstacles.
noun
- A sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater.
- A loose, protective garment worn over other clothes.
- A child's garment consisting of straight-legged pants attached to a biblike bodice. Often used in the plural.
- Chiefly British A pullover sweater.
Origin:
Origin: Probably from jump, short coat
Origin: , perhaps from obsolete jup, bodice
Origin: , from obsolete French juppe
Origin: , from Old French jupe, jube
Origin: , from Italian giuppa, giubba
Origin: , from Arabic jubba, long garment with wide open sleeves
Origin: , from jabba, to cut; see gbb in Semitic roots
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