jumper
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Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
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A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
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A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire.
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A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
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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.
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A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
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A jumping spider
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The larva of the cheese fly.
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(18th century) One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
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A spring to impel the star wheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
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A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
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A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
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To connect with an electrical jumper.
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A woolen sweater or pullover.
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A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
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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.
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(usually as jumpers) Rompers.
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