| jumper | 1. One who, or that which, jumps. 2. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen. 3. A rude kind of sleigh; usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills. 4. <zoology> The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese. 5. A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterised by violent convulsions. 6. Spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece. Baby jumper. Bounty jumper. See Bounty. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| jumper disease of Maine | One of the pathological startle syndromes found in isolated parts of the world, characterised by greatly exaggerated responses, such as jumping, flinging the arms and yelling, to minimal stimuli. Synonym: jumping Frenchmen of Maine disease, jumper disease of Maine. (05 Mar 2000) |