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jasper

Syllables: jas·perUK/ˈd͡ʒæs.pə//ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/

jasper noun: any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.

jasper: any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian
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Noun (1)

jasper (countable and uncountable, plural jaspers)

  1. (obsolete) Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
  2. An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
  3. Jasperware pottery.

Verb

jasper (third-person singular simple present jaspers, present participle jaspering, simple past and past participle jaspered)

  1. (transitive) To decorate with, or as if with, jasper.

Noun (2)

jasper (plural jaspers)

  1. (UK, West-Country, colloquial, Somerset) A wasp.
  2. (US, slang) A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
    • And list'nin to some big out-a-town jasper / Hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin' / Not a wholesome trottin' race, no!1957, Meredith Willson, “Ya Got Trouble”, in The Music Man
    • "I stood there through almost an hour of it before they called Rooster Cogburn to the stand. I had guessed wrong as to which one he was, picking out a younger and slighter man with a badge on his shirt. And I was surprised when an old one-eyed jasper that was built along the lines of Grover...1968, Charles Portis, “True Grit”, in The Saturday Evening Post
  3. (Appalachia) A stranger.

Proper noun capitalized: Jasper

UK/ˈdʒaspə/US/ˈd͡ʒæspɚ/

Jasper

  1. A male given name from Old Persian.
    • Her husband is...let me see...oh yes, he's Lord Jasper Jayne. His name sounds like the hero of a servant's novelette, but he doesn't look like that. He looks like a chucker-out in a back-street pub.1920, St. John Greer Ervine, Changing Winds, Macmillan, page 225
  2. A surname.
  3. One of the Magi, also known as Caspar.
  4. A town in Alberta, Canada.
  5. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Jasper National Park: a national park in Alberta, Canada.
  6. A city, the county seat of Walker County, Alabama.
  7. A small city, the county seat of Newton County, Arkansas.
  8. A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Florida.
  9. A city, the county seat of Pickens County, Georgia.
  10. A city, the county seat of Dubois County, Indiana.
  11. A city in Pipestone County and Rock County, Minnesota.
  12. A city in Jasper County, Missouri.
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  1. A town in Steuben County, New York.
  2. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Ohio.
  3. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
  4. A town, the county seat of Marion County, Tennessee.
  5. A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Texas.
  6. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
  7. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Jasper Township.
  8. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Jasper County.
    Synonyms:
    County of Jasper
  9. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Jasper Township.
    Synonyms:
    Township of Jasper

jasper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

jasper in Hindi

precious stone
सूर्यकांत sūryakānt, यशब yaśab

jasper in Tamil

ஜாஸ்பர், ஜஸ்பர்

jasper in Marathi

जॅस्पर, जास्पर, जेस्पर

jasper in Urdu

جیسپر, جیسپیر
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jasper in Bengali
জ্যাসপার, জ্যাস্পার, জাস্পার
jasper in Telugu
జాస్పర్, జాస్పెర్
jasper in Malayalam
ജാസ്പർ, ജാസ്പറിലേക്ക്
jasper in Kannada
ಜಾಸ್ಪರ್, ಜಸ್ಪರ್
jasper in Punjabi
ਜੈਸਪਰ, ਜੱਸਪਰ, ਜੈਸਪਰ ਤੱਕ
jasper in Gujarati
જેસ્પર, જાસ્પર, જસ્પર
jasper in Odia
ଜାସ୍ପର, ଜାସ୍ପର୍, ଜାସ୍ପରଙ୍କୁ
jasper in Nepali
जास्पर, जस्पर, जेस्पर
jasper in Tagalog
haspe
jasper in Arabic
يَشْب yašb, يَشْم yašm
jasper in Persian
یشم yašm, یشب yašb
jasper in Thai
แจสเปอร์ jɛɛs-pəə

Examples of jasper in a sentence

  • And I was surprised when an old one-eyed jasper that was built along the lines of Grover Cleveland went up and was sworn."1968, Charles Portis, “True Grit”, in The Saturday Evening Post:
  • Standing on the corner like a just-got-in-town jasper1975, “Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street)”, in Nighthawks at the Diner, performed by Tom Waits:
  • “That jasper,” sniggered Darby, “never pulled out his ‘dummy’ for nothing but pissing, I bet you!”2006, Thomas Pynchon, “The Light over the Ranges”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 110:

Synonyms of jasper

  • County of Jasper
  • Township of Jasper

Forms of jasper

Noun
pluraljaspers
Verb
third-person singular presentjaspers
present participlejaspering
past participlejaspered
pastjaspered
Proper noun
alternative formCaspar
alternative formGaspar
alternative formCasper
alternative formKaspar
alternative formKasper
alternative formKosper
alternative formCosper
alternative formGosper

Plural of jasper: jaspers

Origin of jasper

From Middle English jasper, jaspre, from Old French jaspre, a variant of jaspe (modern French jaspe), from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).

From the male personal name Jasper.

A name given to one of the Magi in a medieval European cult, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more.

Words formed from jasper

Words that rhyme with jasper

Questions about jasper

What does jasper mean?
Jasper means any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
What is jasper in Hindi?
Jasper in Hindi is सूर्यकांत (sūryakānt), यशब (yaśab). See Jasper meaning in Hindi.
How do you use jasper in a sentence?
And I was surprised when an old one-eyed jasper that was built along the lines of Grover Cleveland went up and was sworn."
What part of speech is jasper?
Jasper can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jasper?
Jasper is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒæs.pə/ (UK).
What is the plural of jasper?
The plural of jasper is jaspers.

Words near jasper in the dictionary

  1. jaspachate
  2. jaspachates
  3. jaspe
  4. jaspellite
  5. jaspellites
  6. jasper
  7. Jasper County
  8. jasper opal
  9. Jasper Place
  10. jasper ware
  11. jasperated

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