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Jumper   /dʒˈəmpər/   Listen
Jumper

noun
1.
A person who jumps.  "The jumper's parachute opened"
2.
An athlete who competes at jumping.
3.
A crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body.  Synonym: sweater.
4.
A coverall worn by children.
5.
A small connector used to make temporary electrical connections.
6.
A loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen.
7.
A sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing.  Synonyms: pinafore, pinny.
8.
(basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump.  Synonym: jump shot.



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"Jumper" Quotes from Famous Books



... down the beach on his stumps, or as the people said, "He jumped big." No doubt the alarm added to his alacrity in his effort to escape, thus gaining for him the reputation of being an excellent jumper. The eclipse passed off, so also did the earthquake, but the villagers all declared that it was the jumping of the invalid that caused the phenomena of nature to cease, and after that, instead of being an obscure cripple, an object of ...
— Short Sketches from Oldest America • John Driggs
... want to jump or to play cards; but you do not want to read wandering statements to the effect that jumping is jumping, or that games are won by winners. If these writers, for instance, said anything about success in jumping it would be something like this: "The jumper must have a clear aim before him. He must desire definitely to jump higher than the other men who are in for the same competition. He must let no feeble feelings of mercy (sneaked from the sickening Little Englanders and Pro-Boers) prevent him from trying to do ...
— All Things Considered • G. K. Chesterton
... a stack of Wiggins's breakfast food boxes appears a middle-aged gent strugglin' into a blue jumper three sizes too small for him. He's kind of heavy built and slow movin' for an average grocery clerk, and he's wearin' gold-rimmed specs; but when Aunty proceeds to cross-examine him about his stock of tea he sure showed ...
— Torchy, Private Sec. • Sewell Ford
... Susan Freeth. The last time he saw her, she was hopping about in a green jumper—Barbara would give you the elementary costume's ...
— Jaffery • William J. Locke
... a wink she hustled them into the little house which they called a cabin, and gave Marmaduke a pair of blue overalls and a little blue jumper which belonged to one of the thirteen children. Of course, she found the right size, with so many to choose from. His own clothes, she hung on the line, with all the little pairs of pants and the skirts, to dry ...
— Half-Past Seven Stories • Robert Gordon Anderson


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