jumper

• acrobat
• battery cable
• chemise
• coatdress
• dress
• frock
• gown
• granny dress
• housedress
• jump leads
• jumper lead
• kimono
• kirtle
• minidress
• mother hubbard
• muumuu
• overdress
• sack
• sheath
• shift
• shirtdress
• shirtwaist
• sundress
• sweaterdress
• tea gown
• tumbler

• noun
  1. Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
  2. A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
  3. A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire.
  4. A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
  5. 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.
  6. A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
  7. A jumping spider.
  8. The larva of the cheese fly.
  9. (18th century) One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
  10. A spring to impel the star wheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
  11. A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
  12. A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
  13. A woolen sweater or pullover.
  14. A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
  15. A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children.
  16. (usually as jumpers) Rompers.
• verb
  1. To connect with an electrical jumper.

• She wore a cozy jumper to keep warm on the chilly evening.
• The jumper had a beautiful pattern of snowflakes on it.
• He gave me a jumper as a gift for my birthday.
• They noticed the jumper was too big for her, so she returned it.
• The child jumped in excitement, wearing his favorite jumper.

kimono

kirtle

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