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Definition of Jump

1. Noun. A sudden and decisive increase. "A jump in attendance"

2. Verb. Move forward by leaps and bounds. "The horses jump across the field"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

3. Noun. An abrupt transition. "A successful leap from college to the major leagues"

4. Verb. Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm. "She startled when I walked into the room"

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

6. Verb. Make a sudden physical attack on. "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"

7. Noun. A sudden involuntary movement. "He awoke with a start"

8. Verb. Increase suddenly and significantly. "Prices jumped overnight"

9. Noun. Descent with a parachute. "He had done a lot of parachuting in the army"

10. Verb. Be highly noticeable.

11. Noun. The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground. "The jumping was unexpected"

12. Verb. Enter eagerly into. "He jumped into the game"

13. Verb. Rise in rank or status. "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

14. Verb. Jump down from an elevated point. "The widow leapt into the funeral pyre"

15. Verb. Run off or leave the rails. "The train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"

16. Verb. Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute.

17. Verb. Cause to jump or leap. "The men jump the horses across the field"; "The trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"

18. Verb. Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery. "These cars won't jump "

19. Verb. Bypass. ; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"

20. Verb. Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another. "Jump from one thing to another"

21. Verb. Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions.

Definition of Jump

1. n. A kind of loose jacket for men.

2. 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.

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

4. n. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.

5. a. Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.

6. adv. Exactly; pat.

Definition of Jump

1. Verb. (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) 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. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To force to jump. ¹

10. Verb. (transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it. ¹

12. Verb. (cycling intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning. ¹

13. Noun. An instance of propelling oneself upwards. ¹

14. Noun. An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location. ¹

15. Noun. An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location. ¹

16. Noun. An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body. ¹

17. Noun. A jumping move in a board game. ¹

18. Noun. 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). ¹

19. Noun. (sports horses) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly. ¹

20. Noun. (context: with ''on'') An early start or an advantage. ¹

21. Noun. (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity. ¹

22. Noun. (science fiction) A faster-than-light travel, not observable from the ordinary space. ¹

23. Adverb. (obsolete) exactly; precisely ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jump

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

Medical Definition of Jump

1. 1. To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream. 2. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch. 3. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. "To jump a body with a dangerous physic." (Shak) 4. To join by a butt weld. To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset. 5. To bore with a jumper. To jump a claim, to enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation. See Claim. To jump one's bail, to abscond while at liberty under bail bonds. 1. 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. "Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square." (Shak) 2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. "The jumping chariots." "A flock of geese jump down together." (Dryden) 3. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with. "It jumps with my humor." To jump at, to spring to; hence, fig, to accept suddenly or eagerly; as, a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at a chance. Origin: Akin to OD. Gumpen, dial. G. Gumpen, jumpen. 1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. "To advance by jumps." 2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. "Our fortune lies Upon thisjump." (Shak) 3. The space traversed by a leap. 4. A dislocation in a stratum; a fault. 5. An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry. From the jump, from the start or beginning. Jump joint. A butt joint. A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels. Jump seat. A movable carriage seat. A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat. Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat wagon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jump

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