jumar

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noun

A device, used to clip on a rope, that tightens when weight is applied, thus allowing the rope to be climbed.

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Meanings

jumar1

nounjumar (plural jumars)

plural jumars · alternative jümar

  1. climbingA device, used to clip on a rope, that tightens when weight is applied, thus allowing the rope to be climbed.

    Jacob handed her the ATC belay device and jumar.

    2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 552
verbjumar (third-person singular simple present jumars, present participle jumaring or (rare) jumarring, simple past and past participle jumared or (rare) jumarred)

present singular third person jumars · participle present jumaring · participle present rare jumarring · participle past jumared · past jumared · participle past rare jumarred · past rare jumarred · alternative jümar

  1. intransitiveTo climb using this device.

jumar2

nounjumar (plural jumars)

plural jumars

  1. alternativeAlternative form of jumart.

Origin

From the name of the Swiss firm Jümar Pangit which manufactured it, in turn from the surnames of Adolf Jüsy and Walter Marti.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

jumar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jumar

MLA

“jumar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jumar. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jumar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jumar.

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