jump

Nouns

  • (n) a sudden and decisive increase
    • a jump in attendance
    leap,
  • (n) an abrupt transition
    • a successful leap from college to the major leagues
    leap, saltation,
  • (n) (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
  • (n) a sudden involuntary movement
    • he awoke with a start
    startle, start,
  • (n) descent with a parachute
    • he had done a lot of parachuting in the army
    parachuting,
  • (n) the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
    • he advanced in a series of jumps
    • the jumping was unexpected
    jumping,

Verbs

  • (v) move forward by leaps and bounds
    • The horse bounded across the meadow
    • The child leapt across the puddle
    • Can you jump over the fence?
    bound, leap, spring,
  • (v) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
    • She startled when I walked into the room
    startle, start,
  • (v) make a sudden physical attack on
    • The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat
  • (v) increase suddenly and significantly
    • Prices jumped overnight
  • (v) be highly noticeable jump out, leap out, stand out, stick out,
  • (v) enter eagerly into
    • He jumped into the game
  • (v) rise in rank or status
    • Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
    climb up, rise,
  • (v) 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
    jump off, leap,
  • (v) run off or leave the rails
    • the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks
    derail,
  • (v) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute chute, parachute,
  • (v) cause to jump or leap
    • the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop
    leap,
  • (v) start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery jumpstart, jump-start,
  • (v) bypass
    • He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible
    pass over, skip, skip over,
  • (v) pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
    • leap into fame
    • jump to a conclusion
    • jump from one thing to another
    leap,
  • (v) go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions alternate,

Synonyms

leap bound spring startle start saltation jump out leap out stand out stick out parachuting jumping climb up rise jump off derail chute parachute jumpstart jump-start pass over skip skip over alternate

See also

bestride climb on hop on jump on mount up get on mount jump out leap out stand out stick out

Words of close approximity

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