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Definition of Jumping up and down
1. Noun. Jumping in one spot (as in excitement). "The wailing and jumping up and down exhausted him"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jumping Up And Down
Literary usage of Jumping up and down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style Into Writer's Workshop by Jeff Anderson (2005)
"Unless this is a fantasy story, the lamp isn't jumping up and down. Jumping up
and down on the bed, my brother knocked over the lamp. ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1909)
"All the while he was getting ready the children kept jumping up and down, both
talking at once, and telling him about their wonderful day. ..."
3. The Massachusetts Teacher (1852)
"... and the primary meaning is jumping up and down, as in the expression of certain
strong feelings of joy. Hence the word came to express this feeling of ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"Commander thinks " he must be wonderfully strong in the chin to hold the instrument
while his left hand is jumping up and down it. ..."
5. Head-hunters; Black, White, and Brown by Alfred Cort Haddon (1901)
"... the coconuts on the trees were bobbing up and down, everything was trembling
and swaying; a bucket on the ground opposite him was jumping up and down. ..."
6. The Californian Illustrated Magazine by Charles Frederick Holder, Edward James Livernash (1893)
"V—2 whereon an Indian yclept Juan Bat- tista beguiles the shining hours by jumping
up and down and making marvelous gyrations, in time with quaint jig music ..."
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