JUMPER

Jumper

Jumper is a 2008 American science fiction action thriller film directed by Doug Liman, loosely based on the 1992 science fiction novel of the same name written by Steven Gould. The film is directed by Doug Liman and stars Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson, Max Thieriot, AnnaSophia Robb, and Diane Lane. The film follows a young man capable of teleporting as he is chased by a secret society intent on killing him.

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jumper

Noun

  1. Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
  2. A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire.
  3. A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
  4. A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
  5. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers.
  6. A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
  7. The larva of the cheese fly.
  8. One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
  9. A spring to impel the star wheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A woolen sweater or pullover.
  2. A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
  3. A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children.
  4. (usually as jumpers) Rompers.

Verb

  1. To connect with an electrical jumper.


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