Jumper

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  jumper \jump"er\ (j[u^]mp"[~e]r), n.
     1. One who, or that which, jumps.
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     2. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
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     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.
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     4. (Zool.) The larva of the cheese fly. See {Cheese fly},
        under {Cheese}.
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     5. (Eccl.) A name applied in the 18th century to certain
        Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was
        characterized by violent convulsions.
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     6. (Horology) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to
        lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
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     {Baby jumper}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
     {Bounty jumper}. See under {Bounty}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jumper \Jump"er\, n. [See 1st {Jump}.]
     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.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  jumper \jump"er\, v. t. (electronics)
     to insert a jumper[2] between the two contacts in (a
     circuit). See 2nd {jumper}.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  jumper \jump"er\, 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.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jumper
       n 1: an athlete who competes at jumping
       2: an athlete who bounds or leaps (as in basketball) [syn: {bounder},
           {leaper}]
       3: a small connector used to make temporary electrical
          connections
       4: a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen
       5: a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other
          clothing [syn: {pinafore}, {pinny}]
       6: a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump
          [syn: {jump shot}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "jumper":
     amateur athlete, archer, athlete, baby clothes, baby linen,
     ballplayer, baseballer, baseman, batter, battery, blocking back,
     bowman, broad jumper, bucking bronco, buckjumper, catcher, center,
     coach, competitor, creepers, cricketer, deep-sea diver,
     defensive lineman, diver, end, flea, footballer, free diver, frog,
     frogman, games-player, gamester, gazelle, goat, grasshopper, guard,
     high jumper, hopper, hurdle racer, hurdler, infielder, jackrabbit,
     jock, jumpers, jumping bean, jumping jack, kangaroo, layette,
     leaper, lineman, offensive lineman, outfield, outfielder,
     parachute jumper, pearl diver, player, plunger, pole vaulter,
     poloist, professional athlete, pugilist, quarterback, racer,
     rompers, salmon, scuba diver, skater, skin diver, sky diver,
     snorkel diver, sport, sportsman, stag, sunfisher, swaddle,
     swaddling clothes, tackle, tailback, timber topper, toxophilite,
     vaulter, wingback, wrestler
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  jumper
       
           A removable wire or small plug whose presence or
          absence is used to determine some aspect of hardware
          configuration.
       
          (1995-03-14)