Jump

[dʒʌmp]

Definition

(noun.) the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; 'he advanced in a series of jumps'; 'the jumping was unexpected'.

(noun.) descent with a parachute; 'he had done a lot of parachuting in the army'.

(noun.) (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another.

(noun.) a sudden and decisive increase; 'a jump in attendance'.

(verb.) increase suddenly and significantly; 'Prices jumped overnight'.

(verb.) bypass; 'He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible'.

(verb.) enter eagerly into; 'He jumped into the game'.

(verb.) make a sudden physical attack on; 'The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat'.

(verb.) move forward by leaps and bounds; 'The horse bounded across the meadow'; 'The child leapt across the puddle'; 'Can you jump over the fence?'.

(verb.) cause to jump or leap; 'the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop'.

(verb.) jump down from an elevated point; 'the parachutist didn't want to jump'; 'every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge'; 'the widow leapt into the funeral pyre'.

Typed by Amalia--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A kind of loose jacket for men.

(n.) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

(v. i.) To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.

(v. i.) To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.

(v. i.) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with.

(v. t.) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.

(v. t.) To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.

(v. t.) To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.

(v. t.) To join by a butt weld.

(v. t.) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.

(v. t.) To bore with a jumper.

(n.) The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.

(n.) An effort; an attempt; a venture.

(n.) The space traversed by a leap.

(n.) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

(n.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

(a.) Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.

(adv.) Exactly; pat.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Jump over, leap over, skip over, pass by a leap.

v. n. Leap, spring, bound, skip, hop, vault, CAPER.

n. Leap, spring, bound, hop, vault, CAPER.

Typed by Dave

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Leap, bound, spring, skip, bounce

ANT:Walk

Typed by Debora

Definition

v.i. to spring upward or forward or both: to bound: to pass to as by a leap: to agree coincide (with).—v.t. to pass by a leap: to skip over: to cause to start as game:—pr.p. jump′ing; pa.p. jumped.—n. act of jumping: a bound a hazard.—adv. (Shak.) exactly.—ns. Jump′er one who jumps: a long iron drill or borer used in quarries and mines: (pl.) a term applied to certain Welsh Methodists (c. 1760) who jumped about in worship: Jump′ing-deer the black-tailed American deer; Jump′ing-hare a South African rodent akin to the jerboas; Jump′-seat a carriage-seat which may be moved backwards or forwards so as to be used as single or double: a carriage with a movable seat; Count′er-jump′er a draper's shopman.—Jump a claim (U.S.) to take land to which another already holds a claim; Jump at to embrace with eagerness; Jump one's bail to abscond forfeiting one's bail; Jump over to disregard omit; Jump over the broomstick to make an irregular marriage.

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