jump

Definitions of jump in various dictionaries:

noun - a sudden and decisive increase

noun - an abrupt transition

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

noun - a sudden involuntary movement

noun - descent with a parachute

noun - the act of jumping

verb - move forward by leaps and bounds

verb - move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

verb - make a sudden physical attack on

verb - increase suddenly and significantly

verb - be highly noticeable

verb - enter eagerly into

verb - rise in rank or status

verb - jump down from an elevated point

verb - run off or leave the rails

verb - jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

verb - cause to jump or leap

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

verb - bypass

verb - pass abruptly from one state or topic to another

verb - go back and forth

To spring off the ground or other base by a muscular effort of the legs and feet.

To move suddenly and in one motion: jumped out of bed.

To move involuntarily, as in surprise: jumped when the phone rang.

To parachute from an aircraft.

To move quickly; hustle: Jump when I give you an order.

To take prompt advantage; respond quickly: jump at a bargain.

To enter eagerly into an activity; plunge: jumped into the race for the nomination.

To begin or start.

To form an opinion or a judgment hastily: jump to conclusions.

To make a sudden verb al attack; lash out: jumped at me for being late; jumped on her subordinates for their carelessness.

To undergo a sudden and pro noun ced increase: Prices jumped in October.

To rise suddenly in position or rank: jumped over two others with more seniority.

To move discontinuously or change after a short period: jumps from one subject to another; jumped from one job to another.

To be displaced by a sudden jerk: The phonograph needle jumped.

To be displaced vertically or laterally because of improper alignment: The film jumped during projection.

Computer Science.

Games.

To move over an opponent’s playing piece in a board game.

To make a jump bid in bridge.

To be lively; bustle: a disco that really jumps.

To leap over or across: jump a fence.

To leap onto: jump a bus.

To spring upon in sudden attack; assault or ambush: Muggers jumped him in the park.

To move or start prematurely before: jumped the starting signal.

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

To cause to increase suddenly: Unexpected shortages jumped milk prices by several cents a quart.

To pass over; skip: The typewriter jumped a space.

To raise in rank or position; promote.

Games.

To move a piece over (an opponent’s piece) in a board game, often thereby capturing the opponent’s piece.

To raise (a partner’s bid) in bridge by more than is necessary.

To jump-start (a motor vehicle).

To leave (a course), especially through mishap: The train jumped the rails.

Slang.

To leave hastily; skip: jumped town a step ahead of the police.

To leave (an organization, for example) suddenly or in violation of an agreement: jumped the team and signed with a rival club.

To seize or occupy illegally: jump a mining claim.

To forfeit (bail) by failing to appear in court.

The act of jumping; a leap.

The distance covered by a jump: a jump of seven feet.

An obstacle or a span to be jumped.

A descent from an aircraft by parachute.

Any of several track-and-field events in which contestants jump.

An initial competitive advantage; a head start: got the jump on the other daily papers.

A sudden pro noun ced rise, as in price or salary.

An impressive promotion.

A step or level: managed to stay a jump ahead of the others.

A sudden or major transition, as from one career or subject to another.

A short trip.

One in a series of moves and stopovers, as with a circus or road show.

A move in a board game over an opponent’s piece.

A movement from one set of instructions to another.

An involuntary nervous movement; a start.

A jump-start of a motor vehicle.

adj - to spring off the ground [v -ED, -ING, -S] : JUMPABLE

JUMP - Jumping is the physical action of propelling oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. Jump or Jumping may also r...