| English Dictionary: jumper |
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DICT Development Group |
| 5 results for jumper |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- jumper
- n
- a person who jumps; "as the jumper neared the ground he
lost control"; "the jumper's parachute opened"
- an athlete who competes at jumping; "he is one hell of a jumper"
- a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body
Synonym(s): sweater, jumper
- a coverall worn by children
- a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections
- a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen
- a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
Synonym(s): jumper, pinafore, pinny
- (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump
Synonym(s): jumper, jump shot
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Jumper \Jump"er\, n. [See 1st {Jump}.]
A loose upper garment; as:
(a) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary
dress to protect it.
(b) A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Jumper \Jump"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, jumps.
2. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
3. A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners
which are in one piece with the poles that form the
thills. [U.S.] --J. F. Cooper.
4. (Zo[94]l.) The larva of the cheese fly. See {Cheese fly},
under {Cheese}.
5. (Eccl.) A name applied in the 18th century to certain
Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was
characterized by violent convulsions.
6. (Horology) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to
lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
{Baby jumper}. See in the Vocabulary.
{Bounty jumper}. See under {Bounty}.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Jumper \Jump"er\, n.
A thing that jumps; esp., any of various tools or other
contrivances operating with a jumping motion; as, (Mining,
Quarrying, etc.), an instrument for boring holes in rocks by
percussion without hammering, consisting of a bar of iron
with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated
by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with
each blow.
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| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
jumper
A removable wire or small plug whose presence or
absence is used to determine some aspect of hardware
configuration.
(1995-03-14)
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