jumper UK /ˈd͡ʒʌmpə/US /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/noun 20verb 1forms 3phrases 2 noun20 •Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing. •(UK, Australia) A woollen sweater or pullover. •The shirt worn by the players; a guernsey. •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 •A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. •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 •A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board. •(US) 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; pinafore. •A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot. •Ellipsis of smokejumper. •A platform game based around jumping.This is an extremely hard to find platform jumper centered around everyone's favorite dot eating hero. — 2002 •(informal) A jumping spider. •A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors. •Rompers. •A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation. •(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 Otsego — 1843 •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. •The larva of the cheese fly. •A spring to impel the starwheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece. •(no longer used, historical) One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions. verb1 •To connect with an electrical jumper. formsjumpered · jumpering · jumpers Phrases with jumper bandwagon jumperOne who jumps on the bandwagon. puddle jumperA small passenger airplane, typically used for shorter connecting trips to smaller airports.
