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Overall
An overall, also called overalls, bib-and-brace overalls, or dungarees, is a type of garment which is usually used as protective clothing when working. Some people call an overall a “pair of overalls” by analogy with “pair of trousers”.
Overalls were originally made of denim (cotton), but they can also be made of corduroy and khaki. Overalls were invented in the 1890s by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis (Levi Strauss & Co.), but they went through an evolution to reach their modern form. Initially only used for protective clothing in work settings, they have become a garment of high fashion as “potential cult items”
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Overall (adjective)
All-encompassing, all around.
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Overall (adverb)
Generally; with everything considered.
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Overall (noun)
A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for manual labor or for casual wear, often made of a single piece of fabric, with long legs and a bib upper, supported from the shoulders with straps, and having several large pockets and loops for carrying tools.
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Overall (noun)
A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest, supported by straps.
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Jumper (noun)
Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
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Jumper (noun)
A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
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Jumper (noun)
A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire.
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Jumper (noun)
A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
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Jumper (noun)
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.
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Jumper (noun)
A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
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Jumper (noun)
A jumping spider
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Jumper (noun)
The larva of the cheese fly.
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Jumper (noun)
One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
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Jumper (noun)
A spring to impel the star wheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
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Jumper (noun)
A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
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Jumper (noun)
A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
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Jumper (noun)
A woolen sweater or pullover.
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Jumper (noun)
A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
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Jumper (noun)
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.
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Jumper (noun)
(usually as jumpers) Rompers.
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Jumper (verb)
To connect with an electrical jumper.
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Overall (adjective)
taking everything into account
“the governors and head have overall responsibility for managing the school”
“the overall effect is impressive”
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Overall (adverb)
taken as a whole; in all
“overall, 10,000 jobs will go”
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Overall (noun)
a loose-fitting coat or one-piece garment worn over ordinary clothes for protection against dirt or heavy wear
“a pair of overalls”
“men in grubby blue overalls”
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Overall (noun)
close-fitting trousers formerly worn as part of an army uniform, now only on ceremonial or formal occasions.
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Overall (noun)
dungarees.