Definitions for Jasper

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Jasper jas·per

Spelling: [jas-per]

IPA: /ˈdʒæs pər/

Jasper is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 124 anagrams from letters in Jasper (aejprs).

Definitions for Jasper

noun

1. a compact, opaque, cryptocrystalline variety of quartz, usually colored red: often used in decorative carvings.
2. Also called jasper ware, cameo ware. a fine, hard stoneware introduced c1775 by Wedgwood, stained various colors by metallic oxides, with raised designs in white.
3. a fellow; guy.
4. a city in NW Alabama.
5. a resort town in SW Alberta, in SW Canada, on the Athabasca River: headquarters for Jasper National Park.
6. a male given name, form of Caspar.

Origin of Jasper

1300-50; Middle English jaspe, jaspre Middle French; Old French jaspe Latin iaspis Greek iáspis Semitic; compare Arabic yashb

Examples for Jasper

All these things Uncle jasper had taught Andrew long and long before.

But on the first two and greatest articles of his creed, how jasper labored!

jasper Johns stands tall like a figure from The Great Gatsby in a casual suit.

One justification is that jasper Newton “Jack” Daniel was the real deal.

The old snapshot of the year before, which jasper had taken?

“A growl and a shake,” the attorney, jasper Monti, tells The Daily Beast.

It was a sight to talk about to watch jasper, and I'm thinkin' you could go him one better.

Tim Krul, the substitute goalie, seemed a good foot taller than jasper Cillessen, the man he replaced, and much the more daunting.

But suppose I don't know anything except you're jasper's nephew?

jasper Johns: Regrets is on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York until September 1, 2014.