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jumper¹ Definition

jumper (jum′pər)

noun

  1. a person, animal, or thing that jumps
  2. ☆ a kind of sled
  3. a short wire to close a break in, or cut out part of, a circuit, or to make a temporary electrical connection
  4. ☆ Basketball jump shot
  5. Mining a boring tool that operates with an up-and-down jumping motion

jumper² Definition

jumper (jum′pər)

noun

  1. a loose jacket or blouse; specif.,
    1. one worn by workmen to protect clothing
    2. one with a wide collar hanging down in back, worn by sailors
  2. a sleeveless dress for wearing over a blouse or sweater
  3. ☆ rompers

Etymology: < earlier dial. jump, short coat, prob. altered (infl. by jump) < Fr jupe (? via Sp aljuba, Moorish garment) < Ar al jubbah < al, the + jubbah, jubbah

jumper Telecom Definition

A short wire or optical fiber used to make semi-permanent connections between circuits on a distribution frame or patch panel.

jumper Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • knit: Soon he'll be knitting jumpers for all of you!
  • wear: Edwina Currie made some remark about wearing an extra jumper which you have taken out of context.
  • sleeve: Perform a feet first and a head first surface dive wearing T-shirt, long sleeved jumper or sweat shirt while in deep water.

Preposition: on

motherboard: Otherwise they will be disabled by setting jumpers on the motherboard.

Adjective modifier

  • wooly: Best Buy: Red, wooly jumper, £ 9.99 from Gap.
  • V-neck: The new V-neck jumpers are popular and best worn over the V-neck shirts.
  • stripy: Proof that money, sex and stripy jumpers do not automatically a good TV show make.
  • V-necked: He has a tendency to lose his v-necked jumpers when using them for goalposts on the rare occasions he plays football at lunchtime.
  • woolen: Cricket Jumpers Everyone should have one, a woolen cricket jumper.
  • wooly: Why are they filling the shops with wooly jumpers?

Modifies a noun

  • cable: He sees a set of jumper cables in his trunk.
  • wire: Finally, solder a wire through the indicated unmarked jumper wire hole.
  • setting: Clearing the CMOS by using the relevant jumper setting can often fix boot problems.

Noun used with modifier

  • cashmere: I will be making cashmere jumpers to go with the skirts.
  • stripey: I hope it's that one of me in my stripey jumper.
  • bungee: The latter, I suspect, coming from a naturist bungee jumper.
  • bandwagon: The others are the bandwagon jumpers, I say.
  • parachute: In one study, for example, the subjects were active parachute jumpers.
  • fleece: It always amazes me that those lovely soft fleece jumpers you buy are made from recycled plastic bottles.

Preposition: for

goalpost: Barking out orders from center half, small boys in the park, jumpers for goalposts, mm.