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. Meaning "sleeveless dress worn over a blouse" is from 1967, short for jumper-dress (1907). also from 1853 Entries linking to jumper jump (v.) 1520s, "make a spring from the ground" (intransitive), a word with no apparent source in Old or Middle English, perhaps imitative (compare ...