"jumper" Definition

Definitions for the word "jumper" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
One who, or that which, jumps.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A loose upper garment
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A fur garment worn in Arctic journeys.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 knitted pullover. 2 loose outer jacket worn by sailors. 3 us pinafore dress. [probably jump short coat]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
11. n.
1 person or animal that jumps. 2 short wire used to make or break an electrical circuit.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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