JUMP

jump, jumping

(noun) the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; “he advanced in a series of jumps”; “the jumping was unexpected”

jump, parachuting

(noun) descent with a parachute; “he had done a lot of parachuting in the army”

startle, jump, start

(noun) a sudden involuntary movement; “he awoke with a start”

jump

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

leap, jump, saltation

(noun) an abrupt transition; “a successful leap from college to the major leagues”

jump, leap

(noun) a sudden and decisive increase; “a jump in attendance”

alternate, jump

(verb) go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

rise, jump, climb up

(verb) rise in rank or status; “Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list”

jump

(verb) increase suddenly and significantly; “Prices jumped overnight”

leap, jump

(verb) pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; “leap into fame”; “jump to a conclusion”; “jump from one thing to another”

jump, pass over, skip, skip over

(verb) bypass; “He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible”

jump

(verb) enter eagerly into; “He jumped into the game”

jump

(verb) make a sudden physical attack on; “The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat”

jumpstart, jump-start, jump

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

startle, jump, start

(verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; “She startled when I walked into the room”

jump, leap, bound, spring

(verb) move forward by leaps and bounds; “The horse bounded across the meadow”; “The child leapt across the puddle”; “Can you jump over the fence?”

jump, leap

(verb) cause to jump or leap; “the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop”

chute, parachute, jump

(verb) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

derail, jump

(verb) run off or leave the rails; “the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

jump (third-person singular simple present jumps, present participle jumping, simple past and past participle jumped)

(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.

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

(transitive) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.

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

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

(intransitive, figuratively) To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.

(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.

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

(transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.

(transitive, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).

(transitive) To cause to jump.

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

(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.

(cycling, intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.

(transitive, obsolete) To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.

(transitive, smithwork) To join by a buttweld.

To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.

(quarrying) To bore with a jumper.

(obsolete) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.

(intransitive, programming) To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.

(intransitive, slang, archaic) To flee; to make one's escape.

Synonyms

• (propel oneself upwards): leap, spring

• (cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall): jump down, jump off

• (employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location): skydive

• (react to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body violently): flinch, jerk, jump out of one's skin, leap out of one's skin, twitch

• (move to a position in a queue/line): skip

• (attack suddenly and violently): ambush, assail; see also attack

• (engage in sexual intercourse): hump, jump someone's bones; see also copulate with

• (bore with a jumper): see also make a hole

• (make one's escape): beat it, rabbit, take off; see also flee

Noun

jump (plural jumps)

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

An effort; an attempt; a venture.

(mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

(architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

An instance of propelling oneself upwards.

An object which causes one to jump, a ramp.

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

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

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

A jumping move in a board game.

A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).

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

(with on) An early start or an advantage.

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

(science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.

(programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.

(US, informal, automotive) Short for jump-start.

(theatre) synonym of one-night stand

Synonyms

• (instance of propelling oneself into the air): leap

• (instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location)

• (instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location)

• (instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body): flinch, jerk, twitch

Adverb

jump (not comparable)

(obsolete) exactly; precisely

Synonyms

• accurately, just, slap bang; see also exactly

Adjective

jump (comparative more jump, superlative most jump)

(obsolete) Exact; matched; fitting; precise.

Etymology 2

Noun

jump (plural jumps)

A kind of loose jacket for men.

Proper noun

Jump (plural Jumps)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Jump is the 8286^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3999 individuals. Jump is most common among White (93.35%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Jump, n. Etym: [Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf. Juppon.] (a) A kind of loose jacket for men. (b) pl.

Definition: A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

Jump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Jumping.] Etym: [Akin to OD. gumpen, dial. G. gumpen, jumpen.]

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." Nahum iii. 2. 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." Shak. 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.

Jump, v. t.

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. [Obs.] To jump a body with a dangerous physic. Shak.

4. (Smithwork) (a) To join by a butt weld. (b) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.

5. (Quarrying)

Definition: 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. [Western U. S. & Australia] See Claim, n., 3.

– To jump one's bail, to abscond while at liberty under bail bonds. [Slang, U. S.]

Jump, n.

1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. "To advance by jumps." Locke.

2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.] Our fortune lies Upon thisjump. Shak.

3. The space traversed by a leap.

4. (Mining)

Definition: A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

5. (Arch.)

Definition: An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry. From the jump, from the start or beginning. [Colloq.] -- Jump joint. (a) A butt joint. (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels.

– Jump seat. (a) A movable carriage seat. (b) 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.

Jump, a.

Definition: Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. [Obs.] "Jump names." B. Jonson.

Jump, adv.

Definition: Exactly; pat.[Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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