Sports. a participant in a jumping event, as in track or skiing.
Manège. a horse specially trained to jump obstacles.
a boring tool or device worked with a jumping motion.
Also called jump wire .Electricity. a short length of conductor used to make a connection, usually temporary, between terminals of a circuit or to bypass a circuit.
Also called jumper cable . booster cable.
a kind of sled.
Also called jumper stay .Nautical. 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.
Think wearing yellow lipstick, lime-green nails, and a SpongeBob SquarePants jumper with no trousers.
The Improbable Rise of Rita Ora: A Guide for the Modern-Day Celebrity|Emma Gannon|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I just went into wardrobe, took off my jumper and my gun, and drove home … and I cried all the way home.
Sofie Gråbøl, Star of ‘Forbrydelsen,’ on Sarah Lund, ‘The Killing,’ and Season 3|Jace Lacob|November 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Duchess was given the ultimate souvenir from the show - her very own Sarah Lund jumper.
Don't Shoot, Camilla, She Can't Help It Charles Kissed Her|Tom Sykes|March 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The line stuck and Tom Turnipseed became forever associated with “jumper cables.”
Forced Abortions and other South Carolina Dirty Tricks|Ben Jacobs|January 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Jumper told me that Roger might show me what to do with my money.
Leonid McGill, Private Investigator|Walter Mosley|March 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST
At the council the next day, Jumper acting as spokesman for the Indians expressed these views.
Four American Indians|Edson L. Whitney
He whirled away, climbed upon his jumper, and lashed his horse back along the trail towards Enchanted.
King Spruce, A Novel|Holman Day
There was, happily, a fence between them, and she devoutly hoped that Valders-Roan was not a jumper.
Boyhood in Norway|Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
He shed his jumper and overalls and exchanged hearty good-byes with the whole crew of the steamer.
Dick in the Everglades|A. W. Dimock
As he overtook the machine, he saw that it was in the hands of a mechanic in overalls and jumper.
The Stolen Singer|Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger
British Dictionary definitions for jumper (1 of 2)
jumper1
/ (ˈdʒʌmpə) /
noun
mainlyBritisha knitted or crocheted garment covering the upper part of the body
Also called: pinafore dressUS and Canadiana sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
Word Origin for jumper
C19: from obsolete jump man's loose jacket, variant of jupe, from Old French, from Arabic jubbah long cloth coat
British Dictionary definitions for jumper (2 of 2)
jumper2
/ (ˈdʒʌmpə) /
noun
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 leada short length of wire used to make a connection, usually temporarily, between terminals or to bypass a component
a type of sled with a high crosspiece
a person or animal that jumps
Irishderogatory, slanga person who changes religion; a convert