JUMP OFF INTO NEVER-NEVER LAND

Meaning of JUMP OFF INTO NEVER-NEVER LAND in English

[J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan"] Same as branch to Fishkill , but more common in technical cultures associated with non- IBM computers that use the term "jump" rather than "branch".

Compare hyperspace .

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(1994-12-15)

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JUMP OFF INTO NEVER-NEVER LAND — [from J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan"] Same as branch to Fishkill , but more common in technical cultures associated with …
Jargon File English vocabulary
NEVER — ˈnevə(r) adverb Etymology: Middle English never, nevere, from Old English nǣfre, from ne not, no + ǣfre ever — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEVER — /nev"euhr/ , adv. 1. not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me. 2. not at all; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NEVER — adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nǣfre, from ne not + ǣfre ever — more at no Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NEVER — / ˈnevə(r); NAmE / adverb , exclamation ■ adverb 1. not at any time; not on any occasion : You …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEVER — nev ‧ er S1 W1 /ˈnevə $ -ər/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: næfre , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NEVER — adv. 1 a at no time; on no occasion; not ever (have never been to Paris; never saw them again). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NEVER — adv. 1 a at no time; on no occasion; not ever (have never been to Paris; never saw them again). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NEVER — adv.1 a at no time; on no occasion; not ever (have never been to Paris; never saw them again). b …
Oxford English vocab
NEVER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Never means at no time in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEVER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Never means at no time in …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NEVER — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He’ll never buy that ▪ ‘Let’s just say it was an accident.’ ‘ He’ll never …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NEVER — [adverb] [not gradable] - not at any time or not on any occasionI've never been to Australia.He was never seen …
Cambridge English vocab
NEVER — See: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS, LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE.
Slang English vocab
NEVER — adv. Function: adverb not at any time FF1C; they had never seen him before FF1E; Synonyms: ne'er Idioms: never in …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
NEVER — adverb not at any time they had never seen him before Synonyms: ne'er Idioms: never in all one's born days, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
NEVER — INDEX: 1. NEVER RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ ALWAYS almost never : ↑ RARE/RARELY see also ↑ NOT ↑ FORBID ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
NEVER — See ↑ NEVER 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ better late than never • ↑ have never been known to do sth …
Longman Activator English vocab
NEVER — adv. 25B6; adverb his room is never tidy : NOT EVER, at no time, not at any time, not once; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NEVER — See: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS, LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE.
Словарь английских идиом
NEVER — adverb 1 BAD : I asked him to never arrive late. GOOD : I asked him never to arrive late. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
NEVER — нареч. 1) никогда а) в прямом значении, иногда с ограничительными словами after, before и т.д. the fact was never before …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NEVER — never.ogg ʹnevə adv 1. никогда never before - никогда ещё I shall never forget it - я этого никогда не …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NEVER — adv 1. никогда never before - никогда ещё I shall never forget it - я этого никогда не забуду one …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
NEVER — нареч. 1) никогда а) в прямом значении, иногда с ограничительными словами after, before и т. д. the fact was never …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
NEVER — нареч. 1) никогда а) в прямом значении, иногда с ограничительными словами after, before и т. д. the fact was never before observed — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
NEVER — _adv. 1> никогда; one never knows - никогда нельзя заранее знать 2> ни разу; never before - никогда еще; well, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
NEVER — adv. 1. никогда; one never knows - никогда нельзя заранее знать 2. ни разу; never before - никогда еще; well, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
NEVER — _adv. 1> никогда; one never knows никогда нельзя заранее знать 2> ни разу; never before никогда ещё; well, I never …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
NEVER — never interj infml "Rangers were beaten" "Never!" "Команда "Рейнджерс" проиграла" - "Не может быть!" You never left the key in …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
NEVER — нареч. 1) никогда а) в прямом значении, иногда с ограничительными словами after, before и т.д. the fact was never before …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAND — I In economics, the resource that encompasses the natural resources used in production. In classical economics , the three factors …
Английский словарь Британика
OFF
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAND — I. ˈland, -aa(ə)nd; when a consonant follows without pause the d is sometimes lost, as in -nz for “lands” and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JUMP — I. ˈjəmp verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: probably akin to Swedish gumpa to jump, Low German gumpen intransitive verb 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INTO — I. |intə, -n.tu̇, -n-(ˌ)tü, +V often -ntəw preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English intō, from in (II) + tō …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INTO — (prep.) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be …
Английский словарь Webster
INTO — ( prep. ) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAND — — landlike , adj. /land/ , n. 1. any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JUMP — — jumpable , adj. — jumpingly , adv. /jump/ , v.i. 1. to spring clear of the ground or other …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INTO — /in"tooh/ ; unstressed /in"too, -teuh/ , prep. 1. to the inside of; in toward: He walked into the room. The …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAND — I. ˈland noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German lant land, Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JUMP — I. ˈjəmp verb Etymology: probably akin to Low German gumpen to jump Date: 1530 intransitive verb 1. a. : to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INTO — preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English intō, from in (II) + tō to Date: before 12th century 1. — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
LAND — noun the ground or floor. 2. land ·noun the inhabitants of a nation or people. 3. land ·noun urine. ·see …
Webster English vocab
JUMP — adv exactly; pat. 2. jump ·vt to bore with a jumper. 3. jump ·vt to join by a butt weld. …
Webster English vocab
INTO — prep denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words. 2. into ·prep to the inside of; within. it is …
Webster English vocab
JUMP — [jump] vb [prob. akin to LG gumpen to jump] vi (1530) 1 a: to spring into the air: leap; esp: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAND — / lænd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun SURFACE OF EARTH 1. [ U ] the surface of the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JUMP — / dʒʌmp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb MOVE OFF / TO GROUND 1. to move quickly off the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INTO — / ˈɪntə; NAmE ; before vowels strong form ˈɪntu; strong form ˈɪntuː/ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAND — I. land 1 S1 W1 /lænd/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . GROUND [uncountable] an area …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
JUMP
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INTO — in ‧ to S1 W1 /ˈɪntə; before vowels ˈɪntʊ; strong ˈɪntuː/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAND — n. & v. --n. 1 the solid part of the earth's surface (opp. SEA, WATER, AIR). 2 a an expanse …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
JUMP — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. move off the ground or other surface (usu. upward, at least initially) by sudden …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INTO — prep. 1 expressing motion or direction to a point on or within (walked into a tree; ran into the house). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary

FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary

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