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Definition of 'jump'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) jump
to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap.

2.  jump
to move suddenly or quickly:
to jump out of bed.

3.  jump
to move or jerk involuntarily, as from shock:
I jumped when the firecracker exploded.

4.  jump
to obey or respond quickly and energetically:
The waiter was told to jump when the captain signaled.

5.  jump
Informal. to be full of activity; bustle:
The town is jumping with excitement.

6.  jump
to rise suddenly in amount:
Prices jumped this quarter.

7.  jump
to proceed abruptly, ignoring intervening steps or deliberation:
to jump to a conclusion.

8.  jump
to move haphazardly, aimlessly, abruptly, or after a short period:
to jump from one job to another.

9.  jump
to omit letters, numbers, etc.; skip:
This typewriter jumps.

10.  jump
to parachute from an airplane.

11.  jump
to take eagerly; seize (often fol. by at):
We jumped at the offer.

12.  jump
to enter into something with vigor (usu. fol. by in or into):
She jumped right into the discussion.

13.  jump
to advance rapidly or abruptly, esp. in rank:
to jump from clerk to manager in six months.

14.  jump
to start a campaign, military attack, etc. (usu. fol. by off).

15.  jump
(in checkers) to move from one side of an opponent's piece to a vacant square on the opposite side, thus capturing the piece.

16.  jump
to make a jump bid in bridge.

17.  jump
(of newspaper copy) to continue on a subsequent page, following intervening copy.

18. (v.t.) jump
to leap or spring over:
to jump a stream.

19.  jump
to cause to leap:
to jump a horse over a fence.

20.  jump
to skip or pass over; bypass.

21.  jump
to elevate, esp. in rank, by causing to skip or pass rapidly through intermediate stages.

22.  jump
to move past or start before (a signal); anticipate:
The car jumped the red light.

23.  jump
to increase sharply.

24.  jump
to capture (an opponent's piece in checkers) by leaping over.

25.  jump
to attack or pounce upon without warning, as from ambush:
The gang jumped him in a dark alley.

26.  jump
to raise (the bid in bridge) by more than necessary to reach the next bidding level.

27.  jump
to abscond or flee from; skip:
to jump town.

28.  jump
(of trains, trolleys, etc.) to spring off or leave (the track).

29.  jump
to get on board hastily:
He jumped a plane for Chicago.

30.  jump
to seize or occupy illegally or forcibly (a mining claim or the like).

31.  jump
to continue (a newspaper story) from one page to another over intervening copy.

32.  jump
to connect (a dead battery) to a live battery by attaching booster cables between the respective terminals.

33.  jump
jump on, to berate suddenly and severely.

34. (n.) jump
an act or instance of jumping; leap.

35.  jump
a space, obstacle, or apparatus that is cleared or to be cleared in a leap.

36.  jump
a short or hurried journey.

37.  jump
a descent by parachute from an airplane.

38.  jump
a sudden rise in amount, price, etc.

39.  jump
a sudden upward or other movement of an inanimate object.

40.  jump
an abrupt transition from one point or thing to another, with omission of what intervenes.

41.  jump
a move or one of a series of moves:
to stay one jump ahead of the police.

42.  jump
an athletic contest that features a leap or jump.

43.  jump
a sudden start as from nervous excitement.

44.  jump
the act of taking an opponent's piece in checkers by leaping over it to an unoccupied square.

45.  jump
the jumps, nervousness.

Definition of 'jump'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) jump, leap
a sudden and decisive increase
"a jump in attendance"

2. (noun) leap, jump, saltation
an abrupt transition
"a successful leap from college to the major leagues"

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

4. (noun) startle, jump, start
a sudden involuntary movement
"he awoke with a start"

5. (noun) jump, parachuting
descent with a parachute
"he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"

6. (verb) jump, jumping
the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
"he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"

7. (verb) jump, leap, bound, spring
move forward by leaps and bounds
"The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

8. (verb) startle, jump, start
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
"She startled when I walked into the room"

9. (verb) jump
make a sudden physical attack on
"The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"

10. (verb) jump
increase suddenly and significantly
"Prices jumped overnight"

11. (verb) leap out, jump out, jump, stand out, stick out
be highly noticeable

12. (verb) jump
enter eagerly into
"He jumped into the game"

13. (verb) rise, jump, climb up
rise in rank or status
"Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

14. (verb) jump, leap, jump off
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"

15. (verb) derail, jump
run off or leave the rails
"the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"

16. (verb) chute, parachute, jump
jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

17. (verb) jump, leap
cause to jump or leap
"the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"

18. (verb) jumpstart, jump-start, jump
start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

19. (verb) jump, pass over, skip, skip over
bypass
"He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"

20. (verb) leap, jump
pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
"leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"

21. (verb) alternate, jump
go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

Definition of 'jump'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) jump
to push with your legs so that you move through the air
kids jumping up and down with excitement; She jumped off the steps onto the ground.; people jumping out of the burning building; The horse jumped (over) the fence.

2.  jump
to move suddenly, especially from fear or excitement
She jumped up and ran to the door.; The boy jumped at the noise.

3.  jump
to increase quickly
The temperature jumped to 80 degrees.

4.  jump
to change quickly from one thing to another
The song jumped from number 20 to number 1 that week.; Just jump to the end of the story.

5.  jump
jump down sb's throat/jump all over sb
to angrily criticize sb
You don't need to jump down her throat every time she makes a mistake.

6.  jump
jump the gun
to start sth before you should
Hold on, now. Don't jump the gun.

7. (noun) jump
the act of jumping
a jump of four feet; She gave a jump at the sound.

8.  jump
a sudden increase
a jump in the price of oil

9.  jump
a structure for jumping over or off
The horse cleared the jump.

Definition of 'jump'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) jump
nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise

2. (adverb) jump
exactly; pat

3. (noun) jump
a kind of loose jacket for men

4. (noun) jump
a bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century

5. (noun) jump
the act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound

6. (noun) jump
an effort; an attempt; a venture

7. (noun) jump
the space traversed by a leap

8. (noun) jump
a dislocation in a stratum; a fault

9. (noun) jump
an abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry

10. (verb) jump
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

11. (verb) jump
to move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt

12. (verb) jump
to coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with

13. (verb) jump
to pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream

14. (verb) jump
to cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch

15. (verb) jump
to expose to danger; to risk; to hazard

16. (verb) jump
to join by a butt weld

17. (verb) jump
to thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset

18. (verb) jump
to bore with a jumper

Translation of 'jump'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause to) go quickly off the ground with a springing movement He jumped off the wall / across the puddle / over the fallen tree / into the swimming-pool; Don't jump the horse over that fence!
Afrikaans: spring	Arabic: يَقْفِز	Bulgarian: скачам
Brazilian: saltar	Czech: (pře)skočit; přimět ke sk	German: springen (lernen)
Danish: hoppe; springe	Greek: πηδώ, κάνω κπ. ή κτ. να π	Spanish: saltar
Estonian: hüppama, hüppama panema	Farsi: پریدن	Finnish: hypätä
French: (faire) sauter	Hebrew: לִקפּוֹץ	Hindi: कूदना
Croatian: skočiti	Hungarian: (át)ugrik; átugrat (lováv	Indonesian: melompat
Icelandic: hoppa	Italian: saltare, far saltare	Japanese: 跳ぶ
Korean: 뛰다	Lithuanian: (pa)šokti, versti šokti	Latvian: []lēkt; ielēkt; nolēkt; l
Malay: melompat	Dutch: springen	Norwegian: hoppe
Polish: skoczyć	Persian: پریدن	Pashto: ټوپ وهل، غورځيدل، ناڅاپه
Portuguese: saltar	Romanian: a sări, a sălta, a face s	Russian: прыгать
Slovak: (pre)skočiť; prinútiť ská	Slovenian: skočiti; pripraviti k sko	Serbian: skočiti
Swedish: hoppa	Thai: กระโดด	Turkish: atla(t)mak, zıpla(t)mak
Taiwanese: (使)跳躍	Ukrainian: стрибати, скакати	Urdu: چھلانگ لگانا
Vietnamese: nhảy	Chinese: （使）跳跃
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