how to pronounce jumper

/ˈdʒʌm.pəɹ/

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jumper is pronounced in two syllables

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dʒʌmpəɹ

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An example use of jumper in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… world's laziest high jumper yes another …”

meanings of jumper

noun:

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

verb:

  1. To connect with an electrical jumper.

name:

  1. A surname​.

jumper frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word jumper occurs in english on average 5.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics jumper can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that jumper can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;

3) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to jumper

jumbledrummerjudderbumperjurordampenjeercompassdiaperjitter

words that rhyme with jumper

bumper

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