jumper

jumper is a 6-letter English word with 17 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who, or that which, jumps. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 22 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who, or that which, jumps.
2. noun. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
3. noun. A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
4. noun. The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
5. noun. A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
6. noun. spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
7. noun. A loose upper garment
8. noun. A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it.
9. noun. A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.
10. noun. (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump
11. noun. a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing

    Synonyms: pinafore, pinny

12. noun. a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen
13. noun. a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections
14. noun. a coverall worn by children
15. noun. a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body

    Synonyms: sweater

16. noun. an athlete who competes at jumping

    "he is one hell of a jumper"

17. noun. a person who jumps

    "as the jumper neared the ground he lost control"

    "the jumper's parachute opened"

Synonyms

pinafore, pinny, sweater

Common word forms

jumpers

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for JUMPER lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.