jump

[Jump]

To jump is to hop or leap, straight up or over something. Frogs, amazingly, are able to jump up to twenty times the length of their body.

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A kind of loose jacket for men.

Noun
the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"

Noun
descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"

Noun
a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"

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

Noun
an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"

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Noun
a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"

Verb
go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

Verb
rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

Verb
increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"

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pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"

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

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enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"

Verb
make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"

Verb
start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car''s battery

Verb
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

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?"

Verb
cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"

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jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

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run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"

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be highly noticeable

n.
A kind of loose jacket for men.

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

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.

v. i.
To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.

v. i.
To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with.

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

v. t.
To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.

v. t.
To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.

v. t.
To join by a butt weld.

v. t.
To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.

v. t.
To bore with a jumper.

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

n.
An effort; an attempt; a venture.

n.
The space traversed by a leap.

n.
A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

n.
An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

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

adv.
Exactly; pat.

Jump

Jump , n. [Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf. Juppon.] (a) A kind of loose jacket for men. (b) pl. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

Jump

Jump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jumped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jumping.] [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.

2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. "The jumping chariots." Nahum iii. 2.

A flock of geese jump down together.

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

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.

4. (Smithwork) (a) To join by a butt weld. (b) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset. 5. (Quarrying) 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

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.

3. The space traversed by a leap. 4. (Mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault. 5. (Arch.) 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

Jump, a. Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. [Obs.] "Jump names." B. Jonson.

Jump

Jump, adv. Exactly; pat.[Obs.] Shak.

A kind of loose jacket for men.

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.

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

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

Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.

Exactly; pat.

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Usage Examples

I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.

Dad almost died of a heart attack in the middle of making Apocalypse Now, the biggest movie of his life. It doesn't make you want to jump into that business.

American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt.

I remember being at Greenblatt's on Sunset, and some guy just walked straight up to me, and he had some bling on and whatever, and said something about a party down in Malibu and asked if I would jump in his car and go to the party. All I could think was, 'Who are you? I don't know you, and I don't care about how good your car is.'

How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, throw the water, cold as ice, and after the first plunge I am happy.

I did commit to myself that I would not jump back into being the workaholic that I can be before I gave myself an honest opportunity to create the marriage of my dreams and to create the beginning of the family of my dreams, and that took a hot second.

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Other Usage Examples

For a good workout, I go to At One Fitness in North Hollywood, where my trainer, Jon Allsop, puts me through it all. I like it because it's a small gym and I've known the people for a long time. Jon will have me do cross-training where I'll lift weights, jump rope, throw around a medicine ball and I never get to stop.

I can't do the same movies all my life. I'm conscious of that. But it's a trade-off. 'Dear John' allowed me to do movies I've wanted to do. You learn to balance it out. I'm still learning. Only now am I getting to do the kinds of movies that I have wanted to do. So it's a steady climb. You don't jump into a Soderbergh film.

I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.

Having a studio tell you when to jump and how high eight months of the year for six years is not a relationship I want to get into again.

I don't know if it's a romantic comedy but I'm in the beginning of the first of the season of 'The West Wing.' We shot it last year. I don't know. If anyone asks me to be in one, I'll jump on it.

I always loved the way music made me feel. I did sports at school and all, but when I got home, it was just music. Everybody in my neighborhood loved music. I could jump the back fence and be in the park where there were ghetto blasters everywhere.