jumper
verbEtymology From jump + -er.
1
To connect with an electrical jumper.
jumper
nounUK /ˈd͡ʒʌmpə/ · US /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/
Etymology From jump + -er.
15 senses
- 1Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a…
- 2A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
- 3A short length of electrical conductor, to make a…
- 4An electrical connection between the vehicles of a…
- 5A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
- 6A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers…
- 7A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners…
- 8A jumping spider.
- 9The larva of the cheese fly.
- 10One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose…
- 11A spring to impel the starwheel, or a pawl to lock fast…
- 12A shot in which the player releases the ball at the…
- 13A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in…
- 14A platform game based around jumping.
- 15Ellipsis of smokejumper.
1
Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
2
A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
- Field: Be advised we have jumpers, K, jumpers. Dispatch: Alright, Division 1, be advised, Battalion 2 advised we have jumpers from the World Trade Center, K.2001 September 11, New York City Fire Department, 11:37 from the start, in Response Tape 1 Side A, 8:46-9:31, The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2021:
- Significantly more cervical spine injuries were seen in fallers as opposed to jumpers.2016, Michael P. Burke, Forensic Pathology of Fractures and Mechanisms of Injury:
1 more example
- With the jumpers and the drowners, McGee, you don't pick up a pattern. That's because a jumper damned near always makes it the first time, and a drowner is usually almost as successful, about the same rate as hangers.2017, Ronald V. Clarke, Suicide: Closing the Exits:
3
A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection.
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4
Rail transport, Railways, Transport An electrical connection between the vehicles of a train, usually a passenger train; a jumper cable.
- For coupling between the cars of a three-car set 19 core jumpers are provided for control and auxiliary train cables, a positive bus line, and an auxiliary power jumper for heating circuits.1956 December 23, “New Electric Trains for Mersey Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 852:
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Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
6
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 each blow.
7
US A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
- a jumper was found prepared to receive Mrs. Willoughby ; and the horse being led by the Captain himself , a passage through the forest was effected as far as the head of the Otsego1843, James Fenimore Cooper, Wyandotte:
9
The larva of the cheese fly.
10
Historical, Obsolete One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
11
Hobbies, Horology, Lifestyle A spring to impel the starwheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
12
Ball games, Basketball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
- [Markieff] Morris isn’t quite the post-up threat that [Enes] Kanter is, and he can play both the 4 spot and 5 spot instead of just center, like Kanter. He is capable of playing a similar way, backing defenders down in the post. He prefers getting his buckets there with a bevy of fade-aways and jumpers. He’s a heat checker. And he can get hot on the block.2019 February 25, Brett Dawson, Fred Katz, “How power forward Markieff Morris might fit in with the Thunder”, in The Athletic:
13
A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
- In nuclear plants, robots toil for hours at a time in highly radioactive areas in place of hundreds of employees, called jumpers or glowboys, who worked in short relays so as to minimize their exposure.1987 September 14, Gene Bylinskey, “Invasion of the service robots”, in Fortune:
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Video games A platform game based around jumping.
- This is an extremely hard to find platform jumper centered around everyone's favorite dot eating hero.2002, Andy Slaven, Video Game Bible, 1985-2002, page 161:
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Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of smokejumper.
- Derived terms
43 terms
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