What (who) is jump - definition
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Jump (song); Jumped; Jump!; Jump (album); Jumping (song); Jump (film); Jumping (disambiguation); Jumpin; Jumpin'; Jump (disambiguation); Jumpin' (song); Jumpin (song); The Jump
jump
I
n.
1) to take a jump (on horseback)
2) to make a jump (with a parachute)
3) (sports) the broad (AE), long; high; ski; triple jump
4) (sports) a water jump
5) a delayed (parachute) jump
6) (basketball) the center jump
7) a quantum jump
8) a jump from; to
9) (misc.) to get the jump on smb. ('to anticipate smb.')
II
v.
1) (d; intr.) to jump across (to jump across a stream)
2) (d; intr.) to jump at ('to be eager for') (she jumped at the chance)
3) (d; intr.) to jump for, with (to jump for joy)
4) (d; intr.) to jump from, off (he jumped off the roof)
5) (d; intr.) to jump from; to (to jump from one topic to another)
6) (d; intr.) ('to leap') to jump into; onto (the child jumped into bed; the dog jumped onto the sofa)
7) (d; intr.) to jump on ('to attack') (he jumped on his opponent)
8) (d; intr.) to jump out of (to jump out of a window)
9) (d; intr.) to jump over (to jump over a fence)
10) (d; intr.) to jump to (to jump to one's feet)
11) (d; intr.) ('to rush') to jump to (to jump to conclusions; to jump to smb.'s defense)
12) (misc.) to jump down smb.'s throat ('to berate smb.'); to jump up and down (for Joy)
jump
(jumps, jumping, jumped)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you jump, you bend your knees, push against the ground with your feet, and move quickly upwards into the air.
I jumped over the fence...
I'd jumped seventeen feet six in the long jump, which was a school record...
Whoever heard of a basketball player who doesn't need to jump?
VERB: V prep/adv, V n, V
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Jump is also a noun.
She was taking tiny jumps in her excitement.
N-COUNT
2.
If you jump from something above the ground, you deliberately push yourself into the air so that you drop towards the ground.
He jumped out of a third-floor window...
I jumped the last six feet down to the deck.
= leap
VERB: V prep/adv, V n, also V
3.
If you jump something such as a fence, you move quickly up and through the air over or across it.
He jumped the first fence beautifully.
VERB: V n
4.
If you jump somewhere, you move there quickly and suddenly.
Adam jumped from his seat at the girl's cry...
VERB: V prep/adv
5.
If something makes you jump, it makes you make a sudden movement because you are frightened or surprised.
The phone shrilled, making her jump.
VERB: V
6.
If an amount or level jumps, it suddenly increases or rises by a large amount in a short time.
Sales jumped from $94 million to over $101 million...
The number of crimes jumped by ten per cent last year...
Shares in Euro Disney jumped 17p.
VERB: V to/from amount, V by amount, V amount
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Jump is also a noun.
...a big jump in energy conservation.
N-COUNT: with supp, usu N in n
7.
If someone jumps a queue, they move to the front of it and are served or dealt with before it is their turn. (BRIT)
The prince refused to jump the queue for treatment at the local hospital.
VERB: V n
8.
If you jump at an offer or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly.
Members of the public would jump at the chance to become part owners of the corporation.
VERB: no cont, V at n
9.
If someone jumps on you, they quickly criticize you if you do something that they do not approve of.
A lot of people jumped on me about that, you know.
VERB: V on n
10.
11.
If you get a jump on something or someone or get the jump on them, you gain an advantage over them. (AM)
Helicopters helped fire crews get a jump on the blaze...
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
12.
jump
I. v. a.
Jump over, leap over, skip over, pass by a leap.
II. v. n.
Leap, spring, bound, skip, hop, vault, caper.
III. n.
Leap, spring, bound, hop, vault, caper.
Wikipedia
Jump
Jumping is a form of locomotion or movement in which an organism or non-living (e.g., robotic) mechanical system propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory.
Jump or Jumping also may refer to:
Pronunciation examples for jump
1. Jump, jump, jump.
Triangle (2009)
2. - Jump, jump!
Albums for Bands That Don't Exist _ Rohitash Rao _ Talks at Google
3. Jump, jump, jump,
and nothing's gonna happen?
Jumper (2008)
4. Jump!
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
5. Jump!
A Walk To Remember (2002)
Examples of use of jump
1. Wave it and show the world We reach (Jump up, jump up) Everybody reach.
2. The one–day battle, by contrast, is closer to draughts a few opening moves, one inspired play or a bad error, and jump, jump, jump, it is over.
3. I can jump quadruples, I can jump triple combinations, and I expect a good season.
4. "I think I will jump on my family and they will jump on me.
5. If she had asked me literally to jump out of a window, I would jump out of a window.