jumping

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    n.

  • the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
  • the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; jump

    he advanced in a series of jumps

    the jumping was unexpected

    n.

  • a sudden and decisive increase; leap

    a jump in attendance

  • an abrupt transition; leap, saltation

    a successful leap from college to the major leagues

  • (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
  • a sudden involuntary movement; startle, start

    he awoke with a start

  • descent with a parachute; parachuting

    he had done a lot of parachuting in the army

  • the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; jumping

    he advanced in a series of jumps

    the jumping was unexpected

    v.

  • move forward by leaps and bounds; leap, bound, spring

    The horse bounded across the meadow

    The child leapt across the puddle

    Can you jump over the fence?

  • move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; startle, start

    She startled when I walked into the room

  • make a sudden physical attack on

    The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat

  • increase suddenly and significantly

    Prices jumped overnight

  • be highly noticeable; leap out, jump out, stand out, stick out
  • enter eagerly into

    He jumped into the game

  • rise in rank or status; rise, climb up

    Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list

  • jump down from an elevated point; leap, jump off

    the parachutist didn't want to jump

    every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge

    the widow leapt into the funeral pyre

  • run off or leave the rails; derail

    the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks

  • jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute; chute, parachute
  • cause to jump or leap; leap

    the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop

  • start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery; jumpstart, jump-start
  • bypass; pass over, skip, skip over

    He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible

  • pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; leap

    leap into fame

    jump to a conclusion

    jump from one thing to another

  • go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions; alternate

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

jumps|jumped|jumping
syn.: bound hop hurdle leap spring vault