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Jumper - What does it mean?

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jumper

English

Etymology 1

See jump.

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
  • A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire .
  • A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
  • A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
  • A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers.
  • (US) A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
  • The larva of the cheese fly.
  • One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
  • (horology) A spring to impel the star wheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
  • Derived terms
    * high-jumper, long-jumper, triple-jumper

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To connect with an electrical jumper.
  • Etymology 2

    From the term ; see also jibba.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, British, Australian) A woolen sweater or pullover.
  • A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
  • A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children.
  • (usually as jumpers ) Rompers.
  • Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.