jumper

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  1. noun One that jumps.
  2. noun A type of coasting sled.
  3. noun Electricity A short length of wire used temporarily to complete a circuit or to bypass a break in a circuit.
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  • Each of these 6mm wide space saving terminal blocks have also been designed to accept the new low-cost easy to insert push in jumper, the PTC. —  ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom - Today's New Product News
  • Hansbrough hit a baseline jumper, a couple of free throws and a drive into the lane.
  • They tend to be a little loose and shorter so they fit well with a summer wardrobe but can also be treated like a jumper or sheath dress in the fall. —  TheFind blog
  • Williams slowed the Spurs by hitting a 3-pointer and jumper, and Cleveland quickly opened it back up to 10. —  Forbes.com: News
  • Williams slowed the Spurs by hitting a three-pointer and jumper, and Cleveland quickly opened it back up to 10. —  Sportsnet.ca - Sports News
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  1. Probably from jump, short coat, perhaps from obsolete jup, bodice, from obsolete French juppe, from Old French jupe, jube, from Italian giuppa, giubba, from Arabic jubba, long garment with wide open sleeves, from jabba, to cut; see gbb in Semitic roots.

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  1. from jump, v., + -er.
  2. Cf. jump.
  3. from Middle English *jumpren, jompren, also found in variant form, jumbren, jombren, mix, freq. of jumpen, jump: see jumber, jump.
 

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