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jumar

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Etymology

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

Noun

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jumar (plural jumars)

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

Verb

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jumar (third-person singular simple present jumars, present participle jumaring or jumarring, simple past and past participle jumared or jumarred)

  1. (intransitive) To climb using this device.

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Spanish

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Verb

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jumar

  1. only used in se ... jumar, syntactic variant of jumarse