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How to use jumper in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Jumper means someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing. Example: “She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres.”

Examples of jumper by meaning

nounA person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.

  • 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.2017, Ronald V. Clarke, Suicide: Closing the Exits

nounAn electrical connection between the vehicles of a train, usually a passenger train; a jumper cable.

  • 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, “New Electric Trains for Mersey Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 852

nounA shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.

  • He prefers getting his buckets there with a bevy of fade-aways and jumpers.2019 February 25, Brett Dawson, Fred Katz, “How power forward Markieff Morris might fit in with the Thunder”, in The Athletic

nounA nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.

  • In nuclear plants, robots toil for hours at a time in highly radioactive areas in place of hundreds of employees, called jumpers or glowboys, who worked in short relays so as to minimize their exposure.1987 September 14, Gene Bylinskey, “Invasion of the service robots”, in Fortune

nounA platform game based around jumping.

  • This is an extremely hard to find platform jumper centered around everyone's favorite dot eating hero.2002, Andy Slaven, Video Game Bible, 1985-2002, page 161

More sentences with jumper

  • She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres.From the entry clear
  • The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat.From the entry mat
  • A base jumper attempts to freefall for as long as possible before triggering the parachute.From the entry freefall
  • He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.From the entry cheapskate
  • Put on a woolly jumper and turn down the thermostat.From the entry woolly
  • Put on a wooly jumper and turn down the thermostat.From the entry wooly
  • His new jumper was a bit big for him, but he'll grow into it in a couple of years.From the entry grow into
  • After all that the car wouldn't start and, to make the cheese more binding, Jack had taken my jumper cables.From the entry make the cheese more binding
  • The flight across country was not bad, but the ride in the puddle jumper between Boston and Connecticut was a little rough.From the entry puddle jumper
  • He kept a jumper cable in an emergency box in the car, as he had once been caught with a dead battery.From the entry jumper cable
  • The jumper was worn in places.From the entry in places
  • And I bet Allondra would do horseback riding! ” “ I wanna be a hoop jumper!"2022, Brian Stewart, Journey to Patmos. Donkey Ollie. From the entry hoop jumper
  • Aran jumpers are known the world over and are always in fashion.2020, Colin Murphy, A Feckin' Tour of Ireland: 50 Must Do Things, The O'Brien Press Ltd, →ISBN. From the entry Aran jumper
  • The original jumpers were made with coarse sheep's wool that retained the natural oils.2020, Colin Murphy, A Feckin' Tour of Ireland: 50 Must Do Things, The O'Brien Press Ltd, →ISBN. From the entry Aran jumper
  • Bandwagon jumpers, on the other hand, want to remain forever in the honeymoon stage of fandom.2017 February 14, Rudy Gersten, “Mammas, don’t let your babies grow up to be bandwagon fans”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.…. From the entry bandwagon jumper
  • Yes I know, “All men must die,” but I’m a writer, not a BASE jumper.2015, Hannah Jane Cohen, "A Road Trip To Djúpavík", The Reykjavík Grapevine, 5 June 2015 - 18 June 2015, page 31. From the entry valar morghulis
  • It soon gave birth to a whole host of self-referential, tongue-in-chic logo t-shirts and jumpers.2013 October 23, Alison Lynch, “How the designer logo grew up”, in Metro. From the entry tongue-in-chic
  • He taunted the Knicks instead with hanging jumpers, impossible fadeaways and layups in traffic.2009 February 3, Howard Beck, “Bryant Puts on a Show, Setting Garden Records”, in New York Times. From the entry fadeaway
  • Slightly A-line, princess-cut “skimmers” were popular as dresses in summer and jumpers in winter.2009, Phyllis G. Tortora, Keith Eubank, Survey of Historic Costume, page 572. From the entry skimmer
  • Crane had talked down a would-be jumper standing on a support cable of the George Washington Bridge.2007, Lincoln Child, Deep Storm. From the entry talk down
  • Has anyone ever managed to debobble a jumper, one wonders, with a 'Defuzzer'?.2007, Nick Inman, The Optimist's Handbook, page 91. From the entry debobble
  • The squirt was hitting 25-foot jumpers handedly, although she wasn't one for that whole dribbling thing.2004, Michael Hilburn, Travel Diary, Bolivia, Trafford Publishing, illustrated, page 75. From the entry handedly
  • Queue jumpers and faredodgers are far from being an Indian phenomenon.1980, Himmat, volume 17, unnumbered page. From the entry faredodger
  • When in multiple the control between the locomotives is through jumper cables, and air and vacuum hoses.1958 April, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, pages 267, 277. From the entry jumper cable
  • M. wearing firemen's blue jackets and jumpers and with their faces smeared as though with engine grease.1931 July 31, “Trio Rob Ohio Bank; Pose as Rail Firemen […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN…. From the entry Odessa
  • Younger Scals wore snorkel parkas, Clark’s Nature Trekkers, Lee cords, Slazenger jumpers, Fred Perry t-shirts, Samba or Mamba training shoes.2023 July 3, “What is Terrace Culture? And who are Casuals?”, in National Museums Liverpool, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2025. From the entry scal
  • I found an old black jumper, but it is ancient and has bibbles of fluff all over it.2020 July 2, Chloë Heuch, Too Dark to See, Firefly Press, →ISBN. From the entry bibble
  • You know the men call them 'lumpy jumpers,' don't you?2018, Justine Saracen, Berlin Hungers. From the entry lumpy jumper
  • Strange acknowledged the dangers of wingsuit BASE jumping on his social media accounts and mourned the deaths of fellow jumpers.2015 October 2, Veronica Rocha, “BASE jumper Johnny Strange dies in wingsuit jump in Swiss Alps”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the…. From the entry base jumping
  • Boarders wore navy pleated skirts with white blouses; day girls had brown gymslips, cream blouses and beige jumpers.2013, Jane Howells, Leehurst Swan School: A Centenary History, page 16. From the entry gymslip
  • Gelande is a two day ski jump event attracting national media as well as jumpers from all over the U.S.2009, “Snowbowl Gelande Championship”, in Montana Snowbowl, retrieved 04 Feb 2012. From the entry gelande
  • He′d even heard of there having been a jumper once.2008, Christopher Nosnibor, The Plagiarist, page 107. From the entry pavement pizza
  • If a long jumper or triple jumper crosses the take-off board on or before take-off, it is a no-jump.2004, Andy Sibson, John Taylor, Sport Examined Entry Level Teacher Support Pack. From the entry no-jump
  • But Marvin is not a hoop jumper.2004 April, Annasue McCleave Wilson, “The Man on the Porch”, in Cincinnati Magazine, volume 37, number 7, page 69. From the entry hoop jumper

Meaning of jumper

  1. noun Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
  2. noun A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
  3. noun A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection.

Full definition of jumper

Questions about jumper in a sentence

How do you use jumper in a sentence?
Jumper is used as a noun and verb. For example: “She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres.”
What is a short sentence with jumper?
“The jumper was worn in places.”
What does jumper mean?
Jumper means someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.

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