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# jumper

noun (a jumper, jumpers)

«jumper» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a jumper is a warm knitted top with long sleeves that you pull over your head (in the US: a sweater). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#m1)
2. In the US, a jumper is a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse (UK: pinafore). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#m2)
3. A jumper is a person or animal that jumps, like a high jumper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school, a school jumper is part of the uniform, often with the school logo; label it with your name. In sports, a long jumper or high jumper takes part in athletics. In everyday life you put on a jumper when it is cold. Phrases: «woolly jumper», «school jumper», «Christmas jumper», «high jumper», «long jumper».

### Examples

- Put your jumper on — it's cold outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x1)
- My school jumper is navy blue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x2)
- Grandma knitted me a woolly jumper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x3)
- We wore silly Christmas jumpers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x4)
- He is the best high jumper in our school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x5)
- Kangaroos are amazing jumpers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x6)
- In America, a jumper is a kind of dress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x7)
- Write your name in your jumper so it doesn't get lost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x8)
- Three famous jumpers were they, as everyone would say, when they all met together in the room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/#x9)

### Note

Countable. Big UK/US trap: UK «jumper» = US «sweater»; US «jumper» = UK «pinafore dress». Australians also say «jumper» or «jersey»; New Zealanders often say «jersey» or «jumper».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jumper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jumper/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jumper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jumper.html) on Mova free.