jump (j mp)v. jumped, jump·ing, jumps v.intr.1. a. To spring off the ground or other base by a muscular effort of the legs and feet. 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 move 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 move discontinuously or change 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. Computer Science 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. To forfeit (bail) by failing to appear in court. 15. 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. Computer Science 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. Idioms: jump (someone's) bones Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with someone. jump the gun To start doing something too soon. jump through hoops To make extraordinary efforts, especially in following a prescribed procedure.
[Perhaps Middle English jumpen, to jump (sense uncertain).] |
jump Verb 1. to move suddenly up into the air by using the muscles in the legs and feet 2. to move quickly: he jumps on a No. 6 bus 3. to jerk with astonishment or shock: he jumped when he heard a loud noise 4. (of prices) to rise suddenly or abruptly 5. to change quickly from one subject to another: any other comments before I jump on to the next section? 6. Informal to attack without warning: the officer was jumped by three prisoners who broke his jaw 7. jump down someone's throat Informal to speak sharply to someone 9. jump the queue a. to take a place in a queue ahead of people who are already queuing b. to have an unfair advantage over other people: squatters should not be able to jump the queue for housing 10. Informal to begin doing something immediately Noun 1. the act or an instance of jumping 2. Sport any of several contests that involve jumping: the long jump 3. a sudden rise: a 78% jump in taxable profits 4. a sudden change from one subject to another: stunning jumps from thought to thought 5. a step or degree: one jump ahead of the competition 6. take a running jump Informal a contemptuous expression of dismissal
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | jump - a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"increase - a change resulting in an increase; "the increase is scheduled for next month" quantum leap, quantum jump - a sudden large increase or advance; "this may not insure success but it will represent a quantum leap from last summer" | | 2. | jump - an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"transition - a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another quantum jump - (physics) an abrupt transition of an electron or atom or molecule from one quantum state to another with the emission or absorption of a quantum | | 3. | jump - (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to anothertransition - a passage that connects a topic to one that follows | | 4. | jump - a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"startle reaction, startle response - a complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions Moro reflex, startle reflex - a normal reflex of young infants; a sudden loud noise causes the child to stretch out the arms and flex the legs | | 5. |  jump - descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"skydiving - performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute descent - the act of changing your location in a downward direction | | 6. | jump - the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"header - a headlong jump (or fall); "he took a header into the shrubbery" hop - the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot) jumping up and down - jumping in one spot (as in excitement); "the wailing and jumping up and down exhausted him" capriole - (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump | | Verb | 1. | jump - move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" pronk - jump straight up; "kangaroos pronk" burst - move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "He burst out of the house into the cool night" bounce - leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet" capriole - perform a capriole, of horses in dressage galumph - move around heavily and clumsily; "the giant tortoises galumphed around in their pen" saltate - leap or skip, often in dancing; "These fish swim with a saltating motion" leapfrog - jump across; "He leapfrogged his classmates" curvet - perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse caper - jump about playfully hop - make a jump forward or upward | | 2. | jump - move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" shy - start suddenly, as from fright boggle - startle with amazement or fear rear back - start with anger or resentment or in protest jackrabbit - go forward or start with a fast, sudden movement | | 3. | jump - make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"assail, assault, set on, attack - attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" | | 4. | jump - increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"mount, wax, climb, rise - go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" | | 5. | jump - be highly noticeableappear, seem, look - give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" | | 6. | jump - enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"enter, participate - become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations" | | 7. | jump - rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | | 8. | jump - jump down from an elevated point; "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"move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | | 9. | jump - run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | | 10. | jump - jump from an airplane and descend with a parachutesky dive, skydive - jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute | | 11. | jump - cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop" | | 12. | jump - start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's batterystart up, start - get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer" | | 13. | jump - bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" | | 14. | jump - pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"switch, change, shift - lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" | | 15. | jump - go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditionsvary, alter, change - become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" |
jump verb 5. increase, rise, climb, escalate, gain, advance, boost, mount, soar, surge, spiral, hike, ascend noun 8. rise, increase, escalation, upswing, advance, boost, elevation, upsurge, upturn, increment, augmentation noun 9. jolt, start, movement, shock, shake, jar, jerk, lurch, twitch, swerve, spasm  Translations jump [dʒʌmp] vi → saltar, dar saltos (= start); sobresaltarse (= increase); aumentarto jump the queue (BRIT) → colarse jump up vi → levantarse de un salto
 jump [dʒʌmp] vi → sauter, bondir; jump down vi → sauter (pour descendre) jump up vi → se lever (d'un bond)
 jump [dʒʌmp] vi → springen; to jump the queue ( Brit) → sich vordrängelnjump about jump vi → herumspringen jump down jump vi → herunterspringen
 jump [dʒʌmp] vi → saltare, balzare (= start); sobbalzare (= increase); rincararehe jumped at the offer → si affrettò ad accettare l'offerta
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