Definition of "jumper" in Anglais

noun

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.

3. A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection.

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4. (rail transport) An electrical connection between the vehicles of a train, usually a passenger train; a jumper cable.

5. (electricity) 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.

8. (arachnology, informal) A jumping spider.

9. The larva of the cheese fly.

10. (historical, 18th century) One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.

11. (horology) A spring to impel the starwheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.

12. (basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.

13. A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.

14. (video games) A platform game based around jumping.

15. Ellipsis of smokejumper.

verb

1. (transitive) To connect with an electrical jumper.

noun

1. (chiefly British, Australia, New Zealand) A woollen sweater or pullover.

2. A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.

3. (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.

4. (usually plural, jumpers) Rompers.

5. (Australian rules football) The shirt worn by the players; a guernsey.