Search Result for "baby jumper":

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

jumper \jump"er\ (j[u^]mp"[~e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, jumps. [1913 Webster] 2. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen. [1913 Webster] 3. A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills. [U.S.] --J. F. Cooper. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese. [1913 Webster] 5. (Eccl.) A name applied in the 18th century to certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions. [1913 Webster] 6. (Horology) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece. [1913 Webster] Baby jumper. See in the Vocabulary. Bounty jumper. See under Bounty. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Baby jumper \Ba"by jump`er\ A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor. [1913 Webster]