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jump·er¹

(jŭm′pər)

1. One that jumps.

2. A type of coasting sled.

3. Electricity A short length of wire used temporarily to complete a circuit or to bypass a break in a circuit.

4. Basketball See jump shot.

5. A saddle horse that has been trained to jump over obstacles.

jump·er²

(jŭm′pər)

1. A sleeveless dress or a skirt that has an attached bib and is worn over a blouse or sweater.

2. A loose, protective garment worn over other clothes.

3. often jumpers A child's garment consisting of straight-legged pants attached to a biblike bodice.

4. Chiefly British A pullover sweater.

5. See jumpsuit.

[Probably from jump, short coat, perhaps from obsolete jup, bodice, from obsolete French juppe, from Old French jupe, jube, from Italian giuppa, giubba, from Arabic jubba, long garment with wide open sleeves, from jabba, to cut; see gbb in Semitic roots.]

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jumper

(ˈdʒʌmpə)

1. (Clothing & Fashion) chiefly Brit a knitted or crocheted garment covering the upper part of the body

2. (Clothing & Fashion) Also called: pinafore dress US and Canadian a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater

[C19: from obsolete jump man's loose jacket, variant of jupe, from Old French, from Arabic jubbah long cloth coat]

jumper

(ˈdʒʌmpə)

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

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

3. (Individual Sports, other than specified) a type of sled with a high crosspiece

4. a person or animal that jumps

5. derogatory slang Irish a person who changes religion; convert

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jump•er¹

(ˈdʒʌm pər)

n.

1. a person or thing that jumps.

2. a participant in a jumping event, as in track or skiing.

3. a horse trained to jump obstacles.

4. jump shot.

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

6. a short length of conductor used to make an electrical connection between terminals of a circuit or to bypass a circuit.

7. Also called jump′er ca`ble. booster cable.

8. a kind of sled.

9. any of various fishes that leap from the water.

[1605–15]

jump•er²

(ˈdʒʌm pər)

n.

1. a sleeveless dress, or a skirt with a bib and straps or with an open-sided bodice, usu. worn over a blouse.

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

3. Brit. a pullover sweater.

[1850–55; obsolete jump short coat (orig. uncertain) + -er¹]

jumper

- First a loose jacket worn by sailors, from jump, "a short coat."

jumper

A sleeveless, one-piece dress usually worn over a blouse or sweater.

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Noun	1.	jumper - a person who jumps; "as the jumper neared the ground he lost control"; "the jumper's parachute opened" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" parachute jumper, parachuter, parachutist - a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute
	2.	jumper - an athlete who competes at jumping; "he is one hell of a jumper" athlete, jock - a person trained to compete in sports leaper, bounder - someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition) hopper - someone who hops; "at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children" ski jumper - a skier who leaps through the air (especially on a ski jump)
	3.	jumper - a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body sweater cardigan - knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" neckband - a band around the collar of a garment neckline - the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck pullover, slipover - a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head polo-neck, turtle, turtleneck - a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	4.	jumper - a coverall worn by children coverall - a loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing
	5.	jumper - a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections connecter, connector, connective, connection, connexion - an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" booster cable, jumper cable, jumper lead, lead - a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire; "it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads"
	6.	jumper - a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen jacket - a short coat
	7.	jumper - a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing pinafore, pinny dress, frock - a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
	8.	jumper - (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump jump shot basketball shot - throwing the basketball toward the hoop; "his shot hit the rim and bounced out" basketball, basketball game, hoops - a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop

jumper

noun sweater, top, jersey, cardigan, woolly, pullover You can't go wrong with a baggy jumper.

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Translations

بُلُوزَةٌ صُوفِيّسُتْرَه، جارزهمَريول، مِرْيَلَه

svetršatová sukně

jumperspencerkjolesweater

Springer Springerin Trägerkleid Pullover Schlüpfbluse

πουλόβερ

pichi suéter

hyppääjäjumpperivillapaitavillapusero

chasuble pull pull-over

džemper

golftreyjaskokkur; kjóll meî áfestri smásvuntu

maglione saltatore pullover golfino maglia [da donna]

セーター

점퍼

džemperissarafanas

džemperislecējslēcējspriekšautkleitiņapulovers

trui

ermeløs kjole båret over en bluse genser

skoczek sweter

camisola suéter

джемпер перемычка

šatová sukňa

jopicapulover

tröja

เสื้อไหมพรมสวมหัว

kazakkolsuz elbisesüveter

áo len chui đầu

套头外衣套头衫无袖便服

jumper

[ˈdʒʌmpəʳ]

A. N

1. (Sport) → saltador(a) m/f

2. (Brit) (= sweater) → jersey m, suéter m

3. (US) (= pinafore dress) → falda f tipo mono, pichi m

B. CPD jumper cables NPL (US) = jump leads
see jump D

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jumper

[ˈdʒʌmpə^r] n

(British) (= pullover) → pull-over m

(US) (= pinafore dress) → robe chasuble fjumper cables npl (US) → câbles mpl de démarrage (pour batterie)jumping-off point [dʒʌmpɪŋˈɒf] n → tremplin m
a jumping-off point for sth → un tremplin pour qchjumping rope [ˈdʒʌmpɪŋ] n (US) → corde f à sauterjump jet n → avion m à décollage verticaljump jockey n → jockey m de steeple-chasejump leads [ˈdʒʌmpliːdz] npl (British) → câbles mpl de démarrage (pour batterie)jump rope n (US) → corde f à sauterjump-start [ˈdʒʌmpstɑː^rt] vt

[+ car] (by pushing) → démarrer en poussant; (with jump leads) → démarrer avec des câbles (de démarrage)

(fig) [+ project, situation] → faire redémarrer promptementjumpsuit [ˈdʒʌmpsuːt] n → combinaison f, combinaison-pantalon f

jumper

(= garment) (Brit) → Pullover m; (US: = dress) → Trägerkleid nt

(= person) → Springer(in) m(f); (= animal) → Springer m

(Comput) → Steckbrücke f, → Jumper m

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jumper

[ˈdʒʌmpəʳ] n (Brit) (sweater) → maglione m (Am) (pinafore dress) → scamiciato (Sport) → saltatore/trice

jumper

(ˈdʒampə) noun

1. a sweater or jersey.

2. (American) a pinafore dress.

jumper

→ بُلُوزَةٌ صُوفِيّ svetr jumper Pullover πουλόβερ suéter villapaita pull džemper maglione セーター 점퍼 trui genser skoczek camisola, suéter джемпер tröja เสื้อไหมพรมสวมหัว kazak áo len chui đầu 套头外衣

Do you have jumper cables? (US)
Do you have any jump leads? (UK) → Nemáte startovací kabely? → Har de nogle startkabler? → Haben Sie Starthilfekabel? → ¿Tiene pinzas de batería? → Onko teillä käynnistyskaapelia? → Vous avez des câbles ? → Imate li kleme? → Ha dei cavi caricabatteria? → 점프선 있어요? → Hebt u startkabels? → Har du startkabler? → Czy dostanę kable rozruchowe? → O senhor tem cabos de ignição? → Har ni några startkablar? → Ateşleme kablonuz var mı? → 您有跨接电线吗？

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I felt fairly secure in my belief that I could escape him should he pursue me once I was outside the building, for I had begun to take great pride in my ability as a jumper. Furthermore, I could see from the shortness of his legs that the brute himself was no jumper and probably no runner.

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“Part is my own, for I saw the jumper, though it was broken up and burnt in a day or two.

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I said that over the water we were not quite so generous; that with us, when a singer had lost his voice and a jumper had lost his legs, these parties ceased to draw.

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The locomotive whistled vigorously; the engineer, reversing the steam, backed the train for nearly a mile--retiring, like a jumper, in order to take a longer leap.

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The dress I wore was just that of a sailor come ashore from some coaster, a thick blue woollen shirt or rather a sort of jumper with a knitted cap like a tam-o'-shanter worn very much on one side and with a red tuft of wool in the centre.

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There was a fat woman inside in a red jumper with pothooks and beasties embroidered upon it.

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"You are the first jumper I ever saw among the red men of Barsoom," I said.

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I ken you're a fine jumper!" And so on; all the time with a gibing voice and face.

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Of the centre table I could make nothing, until in your description of Gilchrist you mentioned that he was a long-distance jumper. Then the whole thing came to me in an instant, and I only needed certain corroborative proofs, which I speedily obtained.

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Three famous jumpers were they, as everyone would say, when they all met together in the room.

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So he at once said, "Aldermen and town councillors of the Phaeacians, we have had enough now, both of the feast, and of the minstrelsy that is its due accompaniment; let us proceed therefore to the athletic sports, so that our guest on his return home may be able to tell his friends how much we surpass all other nations as boxers, wrestlers, jumpers, and runners."

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An honest woman is no better in his eyes than one of your broomstick jumpers. And you, Ishmael Bush, the father of seven sons and so many comely daughters, to open your sinful mouth, except to curse him!

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