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jumper

/ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/noun, verb

jumper is spelled J-U-M-P-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jumper means “Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jumper is jumpers.

How many letters and syllables are in jumper?

Letters6: J-U-M-P-E-R
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is jumper?

Jumper appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce jumper?

  • UK /ˈd͡ʒʌmpə/
  • US /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/
  • /ˈd͡ʒʊmpə/

Jumper has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-jumper.ogg, En-au-jumper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with jumper?

8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jumper from its last stressed vowel (/ʌmpəɹ/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of jumper

  • jumpers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • jumpering participle, present
  • jumpered participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does jumper mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection.

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  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.

  6. 6

    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.

  7. 7

    USA crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.

  8. 8

    informalA jumping spider.

  9. 9

    AustraliaUKA woollen sweater or pullover.

  10. 10

    A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.

  11. 11

    USA 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.

  12. 12

    Rompers.

  13. 13

    The shirt worn by the players; a guernsey.

verb

  1. 1

    To connect with an electrical jumper.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Jumper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanSpringer, Springerin (someone or something that jumps), Überbrückungskabel (short length of electrical conductor), Jumper (removable connecting pin (electronics)), Pullover (woolen sweater or pullover)
Portuguesesaltador (someone or something that jumps), jumper (short length of electrical conductor), suéter (woolen sweater or pullover)
Frenchcavalier (short length of electrical conductor), pull, pull-over (woolen sweater or pullover)
Spanishchaleco, chomba (woolen sweater or pullover), jumper (yámper, Americas), yómper (Mesoamerica), jómper (a one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does jumper come from?

From jump + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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