jump
(jŭmp)v. jumped, jump·ing, jumps
v.intr.1. a. To propel oneself upward or over a distance in single quick motion or series of such motions.
b. To move suddenly and in one motion: jumped out of bed.
c. To move involuntarily, as in surprise: jumped when the phone rang.
d. To parachute from an aircraft.
2. a. Informal To act quickly; hustle: Jump when I give you an order.
b. To take prompt advantage; respond quickly: jump at a bargain.
3. a. To enter eagerly into an activity; plunge: jumped into the race for the nomination.
b. To begin or start. Often used with off: The project jumped off with great enthusiasm.
4. To form an opinion or judgment hastily: jump to conclusions.
5. To make a sudden verbal attack; lash out: jumped at me for being late.
6. a. To undergo a sudden and pronounced increase: Prices jumped in October.
b. To rise suddenly in position or rank: jumped over two others with more seniority.
7. To change discontinuously or after a short period: jumps from one subject to another; jumped from one job to another.
8. a. To be displaced by a sudden jerk: The phonograph needle jumped.
b. To be displaced vertically or laterally because of improper alignment: The film jumped during projection.
9. Computers To move from one set of instructions in a program to another out of sequence.
10. Games a. To move over an opponent's playing piece in a board game.
b. To make a jump bid in bridge.
11. Slang To be lively; bustle: a disco that really jumps.
v.tr.1. To leap over or across: jump a fence.
2. To leap onto: jump a bus.
3. Slang To spring upon in sudden attack; assault or ambush: Muggers jumped him in the park.
4. To move or start prematurely before: jumped the starting signal.
5. To cause to leap: jump a horse over a fence.
6. To cause to increase suddenly: shortages that jumped milk prices by several cents.
7. To pass over; skip: The typewriter jumped a space.
8. To raise in rank or position; promote.
9. Games a. To move a piece over (an opponent's piece) in a board game, often thereby capturing the opponent's piece.
b. To raise (a partner's bid) in bridge by more than is necessary.
10. To jump-start (a motor vehicle).
11. To leave (a course), especially through mishap: The train jumped the rails.
12. Slang a. To leave hastily; skip: jumped town a step ahead of the police.
b. To leave (an organization, for example) suddenly or in violation of an agreement: jumped the team and signed with a rival club.
13. To seize or occupy illegally: jump a mining claim.
14. Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.
n.1. a. The act of jumping; a leap.
b. The distance covered by a jump: a jump of seven feet.
c. An obstacle or span to be jumped.
d. A structure or course from which a jump is made: built a jump out of snow.
2. A descent from an aircraft by parachute.
3. Sports Any of several track-and-field events in which contestants jump.
4. Informal a. An initial competitive advantage; a head start: got the jump on the other newspapers.
b. Energy or quickness: "We got off to a slow start. We didn't have any jump, and when we did get things going, we were too far behind" (John LeClair).
5. a. A sudden pronounced rise, as in price or salary.
b. An impressive promotion.
6. A step or level: managed to stay a jump ahead.
7. A sudden or major transition, as from one career or subject to another.
8. a. A short trip.
b. One in a series of moves and stopovers, as with a circus or road show.
9. Games A move in a board game over an opponent's piece.
10. Computers A movement from one set of instructions to another.
11. a. An involuntary nervous movement; a start.
b. jumps A condition of nervousness. Often used with the.
12. A jump-start of a motor vehicle.
13. Vulgar Slang An act of sexual intercourse.
Phrasal Verb: jump out To be readily noticed: The misspellings jumped out at me.
Idioms: jump bail To fail to appear in court after having been released on bail.
jump (someone's) bones Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with someone.
jump the gun To start doing something too soon.
jump the shark To undergo a sustained decline in quality or popularity.
jump through hoops To make extraordinary efforts, especially in following a prescribed procedure.
[Early Modern English, perhaps imitative of the sound of feet hitting with the ground after jumping. Idiom, jump the shark, after a 1977 episode of the television series Happy Days in which the character Arthur "the Fonz" Fonzarelli makes a show of bravery by jumping over a shark while on water skis (considered as an improbable and absurd plot incident marking the moment at which the series began to decline).]
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jump
(dʒʌmp) vb1. (intr) to leap or spring clear of the ground or other surface by using the muscles in the legs and feet
2. (tr) to leap over or clear (an obstacle): to jump a gap.
3. (tr) to cause to leap over an obstacle: to jump a horse over a hedge.
4. (intr) to move or proceed hastily (into, onto, out of, etc): she jumped into a taxi and was off.
5. (tr) informal to board so as to travel illegally on: he jumped the train as it was leaving.
6. (intr) to parachute from an aircraft
7. (intr) to jerk or start, as with astonishment, surprise, etc: she jumped when she heard the explosion.
8. to rise or cause to rise suddenly or abruptly
9. to pass or skip over (intervening objects or matter): she jumped a few lines and then continued reading.
10. (intr) to change from one thing to another, esp from one subject to another
11. (General Engineering) (tr) to drill by means of a jumper
12. (Film) (
intr) (of a film)
a. to have sections of a continuous sequence omitted, as through faulty cutting
b. to flicker, as through faulty alignment of the film
13. (Military) (tr) US to promote in rank, esp unexpectedly or to a higher rank than expected
14. (Automotive Engineering) (tr) to start (a car) using jump leads
15. (Chess & Draughts) draughts to capture (an opponent's piece) by moving one of one's own pieces over it to an unoccupied square
16. (Bridge) (intr) bridge to bid in response to one's partner at a higher level than is necessary, to indicate a strong hand
17. (tr) to come off (a track, rail, etc): the locomotive jumped the rails.
18. (intr) (of the stylus of a record player) to be jerked out of the groove
19. (intr) slang to be lively: the party was jumping when I arrived.
20. (tr) informal to attack without warning: thieves jumped the old man as he walked through the park.
21. (tr) informal (of a driver or a motor vehicle) to pass through (a red traffic light) or move away from (traffic lights) before they change to green
22. (tr) slang Brit (of a man) to have sexual intercourse with
23. (Law) jump bail to forfeit one's bail by failing to appear in court, esp by absconding
24. jump down someone's throat informal to address or reply to someone with unexpected sharpness
25. jump ship to desert, esp to leave a ship in which one is legally bound to serve
27. jump to it informal to begin something quickly and efficiently
n28. an act or instance of jumping
29. a space, distance, or obstacle to be jumped or that has been jumped
30. a descent by parachute from an aircraft
31. (Athletics (Track & Field)) sport any of several contests involving a jump: the high jump.
32. a sudden rise: the jump in prices last month.
33. a sudden or abrupt transition
34. a sudden jerk or involuntary muscular spasm, esp as a reaction of surprise
35. a step or degree: one jump ahead.
36. (Chess & Draughts) draughts a move that captures an opponent's piece by jumping over it
37. (Film)
films a. a break in continuity in the normal sequence of shots
b. (as modifier): a jump cut.
38. (Computer Science)
computing another name for
branch7 39. slang Brit an act of sexual intercourse
40. on the jump informal chiefly a. in a hurry
b. busy and energetic
41. take a running jump informal Brit a contemptuous expression of dismissal
[C16: probably of imitative origin; compare Swedish gumpa to jump]
ˈjumpable adj
ˈjumpingly adv
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jump
(dʒʌmp)
v.i. 1. to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap.
2. to move suddenly or quickly: to jump out of bed.
3. to move or jerk involuntarily, as from shock: I jumped when the firecracker exploded.
4. to obey or respond quickly and energetically: The waiter was told to jump when the captain signaled.
5. Informal. to be full of activity; bustle: The town is jumping with excitement.
6. to rise suddenly in amount: Prices jumped this quarter.
7. to proceed abruptly, ignoring intervening steps or deliberation: to jump to a conclusion.
8. to move haphazardly, aimlessly, abruptly, or after a short period: to jump from one job to another.
9. to omit letters, numbers, etc.; skip: This typewriter jumps.
10. to parachute from an airplane.
11. to take eagerly; seize (often fol. by at): We jumped at the offer.
12. to enter into something with vigor (usu. fol. by in or into): She jumped right into the discussion.
13. to advance rapidly or abruptly, esp. in rank: to jump from clerk to manager in six months.
14. to start a campaign, military attack, etc. (usu. fol. by off).
15. (in checkers) to move from one side of an opponent's piece to a vacant square on the opposite side, thus capturing the piece.
16. to make a jump bid in bridge.
17. (of newspaper copy) to continue on a subsequent page, following intervening copy.
v.t. 18. to leap or spring over: to jump a stream.
19. to cause to leap: to jump a horse over a fence.
20. to skip or pass over; bypass.
21. to elevate, esp. in rank, by causing to skip or pass rapidly through intermediate stages.
22. to move past or start before (a signal); anticipate: The car jumped the red light.
23. to increase sharply.
24. to capture (an opponent's piece in checkers) by leaping over.
25. to attack or pounce upon without warning, as from ambush: The gang jumped him in a dark alley.
26. to raise (the bid in bridge) by more than necessary to reach the next bidding level.
27. to abscond or flee from; skip: to jump town.
28. (of trains, trolleys, etc.) to spring off or leave (the track).
29. to get on board hastily: He jumped a plane for Chicago.
30. to seize or occupy illegally or forcibly (a mining claim or the like).
31. to continue (a newspaper story) from one page to another over intervening copy.
32. to connect (a dead battery) to a live battery by attaching booster cables between the respective terminals.
33. jump on, to berate suddenly and severely.
n. 34. an act or instance of jumping; leap.
35. a space, obstacle, or apparatus that is cleared or to be cleared in a leap.
36. a short or hurried journey.
37. a descent by parachute from an airplane.
38. a sudden rise in amount, price, etc.
39. a sudden upward or other movement of an inanimate object.
40. an abrupt transition from one point or thing to another, with omission of what intervenes.
41. a move or one of a series of moves: to stay one jump ahead of the police.
43. a sudden start as from nervous excitement.
44. the act of taking an opponent's piece in checkers by leaping over it to an unoccupied square.
45. the jumps, nervousness.
adv. Idioms: 1. get or have the jump on, to have an initial advantage over.
2. jump ship, to escape from or desert a ship.
[1505–15; of expressive orig.; compare Dan gumpe to jolt, gimpe to move up and down, Swedish gumpa, Low German gumpen to jump]
jump′a•ble, adj.
jump′ing•ly, adv.
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