Pronunciations (5)
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/ˈd͡ʒæs.pə/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈd͡ʒɑː.pə/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈd͡ʒæs.pɚ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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ˈdʒaspə
Pronunciation notes
- GB
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ˈdʒæspɚ
Pronunciation notes
- US
Noun
Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
Usage- Countable
- Obsolete
- Uncountable
An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
Jasperware pottery.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
Verb
To decorate with, or as if with, jasper.
Usage- Transitive
Noun
A wasp.
Usage- UK usage
- West-Country
- Colloquial
A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
Usage- US usage
- Slang
- Examples
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And list'nin to some big out-a-town jasper / Hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin' / Not a wholesome trottin' race, no!
More examples (1)
"I stood there through almost an hour of it before they called Rooster Cogburn to the stand. I had guessed wrong as to which one he was, picking out a younger and slighter man with a badge on his shirt. And I was surprised when an old one-eyed jasper that was built along the lines of Grover Cleveland went up and was sworn."
Standing on the corner like a just-got-in-town jasper
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“That jasper,” sniggered Darby, “never pulled out his ‘dummy’ for nothing but pissing, I bet you!”
A stranger.
Usage- Appalachia
Noun
an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
- Broader terms