jumper
/ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.70 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
noun
A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection.
noun
An electrical connection between the vehicles of a train, usually a passenger train; a jumper cable.
noun
noun
A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.
Example Sentences
- "Field: Be advised we have jumpers, K, jumpers. Dispatch: Alright, Division 1, be advised, Battalion 2 advised we have jumpers from the World Trade Center, K."
- "Significantly more cervical spine injuries were seen in fallers as opposed to jumpers."
- "With the jumpers and the drowners, McGee, you don't pick up a pattern. That's because a jumper damned near always makes it the first time, and a drowner is usually almost as successful, about the same rate as hangers."
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- "For coupling between the cars of a three-car set 19 core jumpers are provided for control and auxiliary train cables, a positive bus line, and an auxiliary power jumper for heating circuits."
- "a jumper was found prepared to receive Mrs. Willoughby ; and the horse being led by the Captain himself , a passage through the forest was effected as far as the head of the Otsego"
Etymology
Etymology tree English jump Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English jumper From jump + -er.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/
- British English: /ˈd͡ʒʌmpə/
Usage
- American usage
- Informal
- Obsolete
- Transitive verb
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- British usage