Jumper Meaning
/ˈd͡ʒʌmpə/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSomeone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
nounA person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
Sentence Examples
Tom always keeps a set of jumper cables in the trunk of his car.
His mother knitted him a woolly jumper every year for Christmas.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She knit a beautiful wool ____ for her son's birthday present.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She wore a thick wool ____ to keep herself warm during the cold and snowy winter afternoon today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English jump Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English jumper From jump + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Significantly more cervical spine injuries were seen in fallers as opposed to jumpers."
— 2016, Michael P. Burke, Forensic Pathology of Fractures and Mechanisms of Injury:
"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."
— 2017, Ronald V. Clarke, Suicide: Closing the Exits:
"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."
— 1956 December 26, “New Electric Trains for Mersey Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 852:
"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"
— 1843, James Fenimore Cooper, Wyandotte:
"[Markieff] Morris isn’t quite the post-up threat that [Enes] Kanter is, and he can play both the 4 spot and 5 spot instead of just center, like Kanter. He is capable of playing a similar way, backing defenders down in the post. He prefers getting his buckets there with a bevy of fade-aways and jumpers. He’s a heat checker. And he can get hot on the block."
— 2019 February 25, Brett Dawson, Fred Katz, “How power forward Markieff Morris might fit in with the Thunder”, in The Athletic:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She knit a beautiful wool ____ for her son's birthday present.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She wore a thick wool ____ to keep herself warm during the cold and snowy winter afternoon today.