jumper

/ˈd͡ʒʌmpə/noun
ElementaryNot in standard dictionaries
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.

4

An electrical connection between the vehicles of a train, usually a passenger train; a jumper cable.

5

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

A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.

8

A jumping spider.

9

The larva of the cheese fly.

10

One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.

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