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| jumper | |
| 1. n. Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing. |  |
| 2. n. A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height. | |
| 3. n. A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire. | |
| 4. n. A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board. | |
| 5. n. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with | |
| 6. n. (US) A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills. | |
| 7. n. (arachnology, informal) A jumping spider | |
| 8. n. The larva of the cheese fly. | |
| 9. n. (historical, 18th century) One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions. | |
| 10. n. (horology) A spring to impel the star wheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece. | |
| 11. n. (basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot. | |
| 12. n. A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation. | |
| 13. v. To connect with an electrical jumper. | |
| 14. n. (chiefly British, Australian) A woolen sweater or pullover. | |
| 15. n. A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors. | |
| 16. n. 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. | |
| 17. n. (usually as jumpers) Rompers. | |
