jumper

Etymology 1
From.

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 s which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
 * 7)  A jumping spider.
 * 8) The larva of the cheese fly.
 * 9)  One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
 * 10)  A spring to impel the starwheel, 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 platform game based around jumping.
 * 1)  A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
 * 2) A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
 * 3)  A platform game based around jumping.
 * 1)  A platform game based around jumping.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: скачач
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: მხტუნავი, ხტუნია
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: léimneoir
 * Latvian: lecējs lēcējs
 * Maltese: qabbież
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swahili: mrukaji
 * Welsh: neidiwr
 * Yiddish: שפּרינגער


 * Bulgarian: окъсяване
 * Finnish: hyppylanka, hyppyjohto,
 * French:
 * German: Überbrückungskabel
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: jumper
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: джъмпер
 * Finnish: oikosulkupala,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1)  To connect with an electrical jumper.

Etymology 2
From the term, originally in sailors' jargon, ultimately of origin. Jump is possibly from Scottish English, from , , , from , , from ; see also. Cognate with German. Alternatively, perhaps derived from.

Noun

 * 1)  A woollen sweater or pullover.
 * 2) A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
 * 3)  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; pinafore.
 * 4)  Rompers.
 * 5)  The shirt worn by the players; a guernsey.
 * 1)  The shirt worn by the players; a guernsey.

Translations

 * Belarusian: джэ́мпер
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, джъ́мпер
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: pulovero
 * Estonian: džemper, kampsun,, sviiter
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ჯემპრი,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: जम्पर
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: geansaí
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: жемпір
 * Korean:, 점퍼
 * Kyrgyz: жемпир
 * Latvian: džemperis, pulovers, svīteris
 * Macedonian: џемпер
 * Maltese: ġersi, ġamper
 * Mongolian: битүү захтай ноосон цамц
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Samoan:
 * Scottish Gaelic: geansaidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: џѐмпер
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Tongan: falani māfana
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: дже́мпер, светр
 * Urdu: جمپر
 * Uzbek:
 * Welsh: siwmper, siwmperi

Noun

 * 1)  short length of electrical conductor

Noun

 * a, a sweater, a pullover

Usage notes
Typically gender-neutral, despite what SO, SAOL, and SAOB say. Likely thought of as a somewhat dated synonym of when a pullover by most native speakers. Perhaps usage varies regionally.