jasper
IPA: dʒˈæspɝ
noun
- (obsolete) Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
- An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
- Jasperware pottery.
- (UK, West Country, Somerset, colloquial) A wasp.
- (US, slang) A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
- (Appalachia) A stranger.
- A male given name from Old Persian.
- A surname.
- One of the Magi, also known as Caspar.
- Place names:
- A town in Alberta, Canada.
- Jasper National Park in Alberta.
- A city, the county seat of Walker County, Alabama.
- A small city, the county seat of Newton County, Arkansas.
- A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Florida.
- A city, the county seat of Pickens County, Georgia.
- A city, the county seat of Dubois County, Indiana.
- A city in Pipestone County and Rock County, Minnesota.
- A city in Jasper County, Missouri.
- A town in Steuben County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
- A town, the county seat of Marion County, Tennessee.
- A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Jasper Township.
verb
- (transitive) To decorate with, or as if with, jasper.
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Examples of "jasper" in Sentences
- Jasper is a brave little ocelot.
- Jasper crawls over the floor in anger.
- Jasper also happens to be the current ord.
- Grampa and Jasper fight over the newspaper.
- Jasper provides a bottle of wine to Durdles.
- It is situated southeast of the town of Jasper.
- The construction of the Jasper hostel has begun.
- Jasper is a classically trained musician and composer.
- Banff and Jasper are the main communities in the region.
- Jasper continues as a promotional tool of Jasper tourism.
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