jumper
4
6.7
- noun
- /ˈdʒʌmpər/
- UK
:
bata de trabajo
- We carried three mounts to each show: two working hunters and Bourbon Born, the open jumper.
- wear a jumper
Examples
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Hank Jr., wearing a western-styled jumper, plays on the floor with large blocks.
Fiction book (1990) -
He was wearing a yellow rain jumper, open in front, its rubber slick with damp like his face.
Fiction book (1997) -
There's a jumper on the fifth floor.
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Will they know to comb your hair, or change you into your sports jumper with matching neckerchief at lunch time?
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Violet was wearing my good kelly-green jumper and white blouse with green piping.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sheathed in a helmet and leather jumper, the rider looks like a human projectile, an acrobat who could turn somersaults in the air.
Fiction book (1996) -
The workers wore blue jumpers to protect themselves from the cold in the factory.
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He put on a heavy jumper while working outside in the rain.
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In the workshop, the technician donned his old jumper to keep his clothes clean while he repaired the machinery.
Compounds
- US
6
3.2
A short cable with clamps used to connect a dead car battery to another car's battery to start the engine
- Archaic
1
9.9
A person who moves onto someone else's land, often a mining claim, without permission
- UK
Short wire with clips at each end that makes a temporary electrical connection between two points
- Specialized
A short wire on a sailboat that keeps the mast top straight and sends pull from back to front
How Protective
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jumper for a loose work jacket comes from an older sense of jump for a short coat, so a worker's jumper is simply an easy-to-wear outer layer you put on for work.