Jumper vs. Romper — What's the Difference?

One that jumps.

A young child's one-piece outer garment.

A type of coasting sled.

One that romps.

(Electricity) A wire or cable used temporarily to complete a circuit or to bypass a break in a circuit.

Also rompers Any of various one-piece garments, often having short gathered legs, for infants or children.

(Basketball) See jump shot.

A jumpsuit that has shorts.

A saddle horse that has been trained to jump over obstacles.

Someone who romps or frolics.

A sleeveless dress or a skirt that has an attached bib and is worn over a blouse or sweater.

(nautical) A ship that has moved far ahead of a convoy; see also straggler.

A loose, protective garment worn over other clothes.

A onesie.

Often jumpers A child's garment consisting of straight-legged pants attached to a biblike bodice.

To abduct (a victim) to a room where they are tortured and murdered.

Chiefly British A pullover sweater.

A person who romps or frolics

See jumpsuit.

A one-piece garment for children to wear at play; the lower part is shaped like bloomers

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

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

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

(electricity) A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.

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.

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

A jumping spider.

The larva of the cheese fly.

One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.

(horology) A spring to impel the star wheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.

(basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.

A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.

(video games) A platform game based around jumping.

A woollen sweater or pullover.

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

(US) A 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.

(usually plural, jumpers) Rompers.

(transitive) To connect with an electrical jumper.

One who, or that which, jumps.

A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.

A rude kind of sleigh; - usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.

The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.

A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.

Spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.

A loose upper garment

A sleeveless one-piece dress, either with full shoulders or straps, sometimes with only the front part of the bodice, usually worn by women with a blouse underneath.

A thing that jumps; esp., any of various tools or other contrivances operating with a jumping motion;

A short wire, or a small plastic object containing such a short wire, used to optionally connect or disconnect two points in an electronic circuit, so as to include or exclude portions of the circuit and thus modify the function of the circuit. Such jumpers are much used to adapt add-on circuit boards for different conditions or functions within a computer.

To insert a jumper{2} between the two contacts in (a circuit). See 2nd jumper.

An athlete who competes at jumping

An athlete who bounds or leaps (as in basketball)

A small connector used to make temporary electrical connections

A loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen

A sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing

A player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump