jumper

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a piece of clothing with long sleeves that is usually made from wool, is worn on the upper part of the body and does not open at the front:

a red woolly jumper

used to refer to an informal way of playing football, often in the street and using clothes instead of goalposts, especially when you have happy memories of doing this when you were a child :

They bring the "jumpers for goalposts" spirit to their games.

a dress that does not cover the arms and is usually worn over another piece of clothing that does cover the arms

a person or animal that jumps:

A bungee jumper leapt 100 metres from a cable car in the Swiss Alps.

They are proficient parachute jumpers and many have more than 200 jumps.

Edwards says the horse is a good jumper.

someone who competes in a sports event that involves jumping:

long jumper She was a gold-medal winning long jumper.

high jumper The team's top high jumper is injured.

ski jumper He become the first Japanese ski jumper to win the overall title.

We'll get to see the world's best runners and jumpers as the Olympic qualifying rounds begin tomorrow.

in rugby, a player in the team whose job is to jump in the air to catch the ball at the lineout (= the occasion when play starts again by the ball being thrown in from the side of the field):

lineout jumper Samoa's first choice lineout jumper broke an ankle last month.

in basketball, an attempt to score in which the player throws the ball towards the basket while jumping in the air:

Walker hit the game-winning jumper at the buzzer.

a dress without sleeves that is usually worn over a shirt

Br A jumper is a sweater.

a person who can push himself or herself into the air using their legs and feet:

To dunk a basketball when you’re just six feet tall, you have to be a great jumper.