Definitions for jump
dʒʌmpjump

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jump, leapnoun

   a sudden and decisive increase

   "a jump in attendance"

2. leap, jump, saltationnoun

   an abrupt transition

   "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"

3. jumpnoun

   (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another

4. startle, jump, startnoun

   a sudden involuntary movement

   "he awoke with a start"

5. jump, parachutingnoun

   descent with a parachute

   "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"

6. jump, jumpingverb

   the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground

   "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"

7. jump, leap, bound, springverb

   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. startle, jump, startverb

   move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

   "She startled when I walked into the room"

9. jumpverb

   make a sudden physical attack on

   "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"

10. jumpverb

    increase suddenly and significantly

    "Prices jumped overnight"

11. leap out, jump out, jump, stand out, stick outverb

    be highly noticeable

12. jumpverb

    enter eagerly into

    "He jumped into the game"

13. rise, jump, climb upverb

    rise in rank or status

    "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

14. jump, leap, jump offverb

    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. derail, jumpverb

    run off or leave the rails

    "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"

16. chute, parachute, jumpverb

    jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

17. jump, leapverb

    cause to jump or leap

    "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"

18. jumpstart, jump-start, jumpverb

    start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

19. jump, pass over, skip, skip oververb

    bypass

    "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"

20. leap, jumpverb

    pass abruptly from one state or topic to another

    "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"

21. alternate, jumpverb

    go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

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1. Jumpnoun

   A jump-start; as, to get a jump from a passing mmotorist.

2. jumpnoun

   same as jump-start, n..

3. jumpverb

   Same as jump-start, v. t..

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jumpnoun

   An instance of propelling oneself upwards.

   The boy took a skip and a jump down the lane.

2. jumpnoun

   An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.

   There were a couple of jumps from th bridge.

3. jumpnoun

   An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.

   She was terrified before the jump, but was thrilled to be skydiving.

4. jumpnoun

   An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.

5. jumpnoun

   A jumping move in a board game.

6. jumpnoun

   A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it is pressed it causes a video game character to jump (propel itself upwards).

7. jumpnoun

   An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.

   Heartless managed the scale the first jump but fell over the second.

8. jumpnoun

   An early start or an advantage.

9. jumpnoun

   A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.

10. jumpverb

    To propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.

11. jumpverb

    To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.

    She is going to jump from the diving board.

12. jumpverb

    To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.

13. jumpverb

    To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.

    The sudden sharp sound made me jump.

14. jumpverb

    To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.

    The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.

15. jumpverb

    To move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward.

    I hate it when people jump the queue.

16. jumpverb

    To attack suddenly and violently.

    The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.

17. jumpverb

    To engage in sexual intercourse.

    The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.

18. jumpverb

    To force to jump.

    The rider jumped the horse over the fence.

19. jumpnoun

    A faster-than-light travel, not observable from the ordinary space.

20. jumpverb

    To move the distance between two opposing subjects.

21. jumpverb

    To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.

22. jumpverb

    To increase speed aggressively and without warning.

23. jumpadverb

    exactly; precisely

24. Etymology: From jumpen, probably of or origin, ultimately from gempanan, from gwʰemb-. Cognate with gumpen, jumpen, gumpen, gampen, gumpe, gumpa, gimpe, jumpren, jumbren. Related to jumble.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jumpnoun

   a kind of loose jacket for men

2. Jumpnoun

   a bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century

3. Jumpverb

   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

4. Jumpverb

   to move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt

5. Jumpverb

   to coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with

6. Jumpverb

   to pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream

7. Jumpverb

   to cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch

8. Jumpverb

   to expose to danger; to risk; to hazard

9. Jumpverb

   to join by a butt weld

10. Jumpverb

    to thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset

11. Jumpverb

    to bore with a jumper

12. Jumpnoun

    the act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound

13. Jumpnoun

    an effort; an attempt; a venture

14. Jumpnoun

    the space traversed by a leap

15. Jumpnoun

    a dislocation in a stratum; a fault

16. Jumpnoun

    an abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry

17. Jumpadjective

    nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise

18. Jumpadverb

    exactly; pat

19. Etymology: [Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf. juppon.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jump

   jump, 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. [From a Teut. root seen in Sw. dial. gumpa, Middle High Ger. gumpen, to jump.]

2. Jump

   jump, Jumper, jump′er, n. a loose garment: overall. [More prob. a thing to be jumped or slipped on, than from Fr. jupe, a petticoat, skirt.]

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1. JUMP

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. JUMP

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Jump is ranked #8286 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Jump surname appeared 3,999 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Jump.
   
   93.3% or 3,733 total occurrences were White.
   2% or 83 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.9% or 77 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 48 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1% or 42 total occurrences were Black.
   0.4% or 16 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Appear
   • Assault
   • Change
   • Climb
   • Descent
   • Dive
   • Enter
   • Miss
   • Move
   • Reflex
   • Start
   • Switch
   • Transition
   • Travel

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'jump' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2225

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'jump' in Verbs Frequency: #390

How to pronounce jump?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say jump in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of jump in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of jump in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of jump in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump Michael Cohen:

   Many of them are using the language and the unfortunate liberal media's attack upon Mr. Trump to go ahead and jump all over him.

2. President Bill Clinton:

   I can understand why you'd think that was unfair, we do have to look at the cap, and we have to figure out whether we raise it or whether we raise it a little and then jump over and raise it more higher up.

3. Raja Petra Kamarudin (RPK):

   The fear factor is a very powerful weapon. It makes people do what they would not normally do. They would jump out from the 20th floor of a building to face certain death if the building is on fire because of the fear of getting burned alive. Both ways you die. But the fear of dying in a fire is stronger than the fear of dying from the fall. So they jump and die.Is that sensible? There is nothing sensible when it comes to fear. Fear overrides common sense.

4. Joseph Amorese:

   I took my glasses off; I'm looking at it; I was pretty shocked to say the least, i had surgery; so I didn't jump up and down, but in my mind I was jumping up and down.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   But I know it's not an easy call. And so, I don't want to inject my opinion into that difficult calculation. Because I don't know all the facts. And unlike people who jump to conclusions, I don't want to do that. But if the evidence proves or seems to show that there are charges that should be leveled, then I think the rule of law should apply to anyone.

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