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| n. 1. One that jumps. 2. A type of coasting sled. 3. Electricity A wire or cable used temporarily to complete a circuit or to bypass a break in a circuit. 4. Basketball See jump shot. 5. A saddle horse that has been trained to jump over obstacles. |
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n. 1. A sleeveless dress or a skirt that has an attached bib and is worn over a blouse or sweater. 2. A loose, protective garment worn over other clothes. 3. often jumpers A child's garment consisting of straight-legged pants attached to a biblike bodice. 4. Chiefly British A pullover sweater. 5. See jumpsuit. [Probably from jump, short coat, perhaps from obsolete jup, bodice, from obsolete French juppe, from Old French jupe, jube, from Italian giuppa, giubba, from Arabic jubba, long garment with wide open sleeves, from jabba, to cut; see gbb in Semitic roots.] |
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