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Jumper   /dʒˈəmpər/   Listen
noun
jumper  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.)
4.
(Zool.) 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.


Jumper  n.  
1.
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.
2.
A sleeveless one-piece dress, either with full shoulders or straps, sometimes with only the front part of the bodice, usually worn by women with a blouse underneath.


jumper  n.  
1.
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.
2.
(Electronics) A short wire, or a small plastic object containing such a short wire, used to optionally connect or disconnect two points in an electronic circuit, so as to include or exclude portions of the circuit and thus modify the function of the circuit. Such jumpers are much used to adapt add-on circuit boards for different conditions or functions within a computer. Note: The contacts to which jumpers connect in commercially produced circuit boards are typically two closely spaced short stiff wires standing perpendicular to the plane of the circuit board, and the jumper has two holes with spacing identical to that of the contacts wires, so as to allow convenient insertion or removal of the jumper.


verb
jumper  v. t.  (electronics) To insert a jumper (2) between the two contacts in (a circuit). See 2nd jumper.





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"Jumper" Quotes from Famous Books



... too big for mine, and they are too small for Jumper the Hare's. Besides, Jumper is in the Green Forest and not way off up here," said Peter to himself. "I wonder—well, I wonder if he will try to drive ...
— Mrs. Peter Rabbit • Thornton W. Burgess
... traces of former habitation in a weather-beaten cabin and deserted corral. It is said that these were originally built by an enterprising squatter, who for some unaccountable reason abandoned them shortly after. The "Jumper" who succeeded him disappeared one day, quite as mysteriously. The third tenant, who seemed to be a man of sanguine, hopeful temperament, divided the property into building lots, staked off the hillside, and projected the map of a new metropolis. Failing, however, to convince the citizens ...
— Legends and Tales • Bret Harte
... she had refused Mrs. Thomson, the pauper, a bed for two nights, affected her throat. But Miss Nancy and her sister were there, and the preacher. And that was all, besides the family, and Bud and Martha. Of course Bud and Martha came. And driving Martha to a wedding in a "jumper" was the one opportunity Bud needed. His hands were busy, his big boots were out of sight, and it was so easy to slip from Ralph's love affair to his own, that Bud somehow, in pulling Martha Hawkins's shawl about her, stammered out half a proposal, which Martha, generous soul, took for the ...
— The Hoosier Schoolmaster - A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana • Edward Eggleston
... lights. I slunk past it with only a side glance and sought the dimness of quiet streets away from the centre of the usual night gaieties of the town. The dress I wore was just that of a sailor come ashore from some coaster, a thick blue woollen shirt or rather a sort of jumper with a knitted cap like a tam-o'-shanter worn very much on one side and with a red tuft of wool in the centre. This was even the reason why I had lingered so long in the cafe. I didn't want to be ...
— The Arrow of Gold - a story between two notes • Joseph Conrad
... and Classical School of Joseph H. Clarke, where he prepared for college. He did not study very hard, but was bright and quick, and at one time stood at the head of his class with but one rival. He was a great athlete, too, being a good runner and jumper and boxer. He was a remarkable swimmer, and it is stated that he once swam six miles in the James River, against a strong tide in a hot sun, and then walked back without seeming in the ...
— Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, • Sherwin Cody


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