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Definition of Jumping

1. Noun. The act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump.

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

Definition of Jumping

1. p. a. & vb. n. of Jump, to leap.

Definition of Jumping

1. Adjective. (colloquial) excellent, very fun ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of jump) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jumping

1. jump [v] - See also: jump

Medical Definition of Jumping

1. Of Jump, to leap. Jumping bean, a seed of a Mexican Euphorbia, containing the larva of a moth (Carpocapsa saltitans). The larva by its sudden movements causes the seed to roll to roll and jump about. Jumping deer, spider of the genus Salticus and other related genera; one of the Saltigradae; so called because it leaps upon its prey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jumping

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jumpier jumpiest jumpily jumpiness jumpinesses jumping (current term) jumping-jack jumping-off place jumping-off point jumping Jehoshaphat

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Literary usage of Jumping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"Varieties of the Meadow jumping Mouse Though the jumping mice bear a close resemblance to one another they exhibit slight variations in different parts of ..."

2. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"Varieties of the Meadow jumping Mouse Though the jumping mice bear a close resemblance to one another they exhibit slight variations in different parts of ..."

3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1857 Away down upon the Atlantic coast, nearly at the jumping- off-place of ... 1856 Is all the beauty in existence centred in the jumping-off- point of New ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1826)
"The hands should serve to break the fall when jumping from a great height. ... It is also useful to hold the breath, whilst jumping, for, in all the efforts ..."

5. The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire by Robert Craig Maclagan (1901)
"GAME, GAME, BAA, BAA jumping Skill in jumping is tested in the Highlands as elsewhere by the length or height of the leap, which may be made standing or ..."

6. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1909)
"It may be made one of the most interesting competitive games for large numbers, lined up in relay formation and jumping in turn over a long rope. ..."

7. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1899)
"the crime of bounty-jumping. Thieves, pickpockets, and vagabonds would enlist, ... 3 The mischief promoted by substitute brokers and bounty-jumping was seen ..."

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