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Meaning
Noun
●
Someone
or something
that
jumps
, e.g. a
participant
in a
jumping
event
in
track
or skiing.
●
A person who
attempts
suicide
by
jumping
from a great height.
●
A
short
length
of
electrical
conductor
, to make a
temporary
connection
. Also
jump
wire.
●
In Electricity:
A
removable
connecting
pin on
an
electronic circuit
board.
●
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.
●
In American English:
A
crude
kind of
sleigh
, usually a
simple
box
on
runners
which are
in one piece
with the
poles
that form the thills.
●
In Arachnology, Dionychan spiders & Tephritoid flies:
A
jumping
spider.
●
The
larva
of the
cheese
fly.
●
One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose
worship
was
characterized
by
violent
convulsions.
●
A
spring
to
impel
the
star
wheel
, or a
pawl
to
lock
fast
a
wheel
, in a
repeating
timepiece.
●
In Basketball:
A
shot
in which the
player
releases
the
ball
at the
highest
point of a
jump
; a
jump
shot
.
●
A
nuclear power plant
worker
who
repairs
equipment
in areas with
extremely
high levels of radiation.
●
In Video games:
A
platform game
based around jumping.
●
In Australian English, British English & New Zealand English:
A
woollen
sweater
or pullover.
●
A
loose
outer
jacket
, especially one
worn
by
workers
and sailors.
●
In American English:
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.
●
Rompers.
●
In Australian rules football:
The
shirt
worn
by the
players
; a guernsey.
Verb
●
To
connect
with an
electrical
jumper.
Name
●
A surname.
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