'JUMP' definitions:

Definition of 'jump'

(from WordNet)
noun
A sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" [syn: jump, leap]
noun
An abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues" [syn: leap, jump, saltation]
noun
(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
noun
A sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start" [syn: startle, jump, start]
noun
Descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army" [syn: jump, parachuting]
noun
The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected" [syn: jump, jumping]
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?" [syn: jump, leap, bound, spring]
verb
Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room" [syn: startle, jump, start]
verb
Make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
verb
Increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"
verb
Be highly noticeable [syn: leap out, jump out, jump, stand out, stick out]
verb
Enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"
verb
Rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list" [syn: rise, jump, climb up]
verb
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" [syn: jump, leap, jump off]
verb
Run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks" [syn: derail, jump]
verb
Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute [syn: chute, parachute, jump]
verb
Cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop" [syn: jump, leap]
verb
Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery [syn: jumpstart, jump-start, jump]
verb
Bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" [syn: jump, pass over, skip, skip over]
verb
Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another" [syn: leap, jump]
verb
Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions [syn: alternate, jump]

Definition of 'Jump'

From: GCIDE
  • Jump \Jump\, v. t.
  • 1. To pass over by means of a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • To jump a body with a dangerous physic. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Smithwork) (a) To join by a butt weld. (b) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Quarrying) To bore with a jumper. [1913 Webster]
  • 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.]
  • To jump the gun, to begin to run (in a footrace) before the starting gun has fired; hence, (fig.) to begin any activity before the designated starting time. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Jump'

From: GCIDE
  • Jump \Jump\, n.
  • 1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. "To advance by jumps." --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Our fortune lies Upon thisjump. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The space traversed by a leap. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Arch.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A jump-start; as, to get a jump from a passing mmotorist. [PJC]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Jump'

From: GCIDE
  • Jump \Jump\, a. Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. [Obs.] "Jump names." --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Jump'

From: GCIDE
  • Jump \Jump\, adv. Exactly; pat. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'jump'

From: GCIDE
  • jump \jump\ (j[u^]mp), 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'jump'

From: GCIDE
  • jump \jump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. jumped (j[u^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. jumping.] [Akin to OD. gumpen, dial. G. gumpen, jumpen.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. "The jumping chariots." --Nahum iii. 2. [1913 Webster]
  • A flock of geese jump down together. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with. "It jumps with my humor." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'jump'

From: GCIDE
  • jump \jump\ (j[u^]mp), n. same as jump-start, n.. [PJC]

Definition of 'jump'

From: GCIDE
  • jump \jump\ (j[u^]mp), v. t. same as jump-start, v. t.. [PJC]

Definition of 'jump'

From: GCIDE
  • Jump-start \Jump"-start`\, n. The action or event of jump-starting. For motor vehicles, the jump-starting of an engine is also called a jump. [PJC] Jump suit

Definition of 'jump'

From: GCIDE
  • Jupon \Ju*pon"\, Juppon \Jup*pon"\, n. [F. jupon, fr. jupe skirt, Sp. aljuba a Moorish garment, Ar. jubba.] [Written variously jupe, jump, juppo, etc.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A petticoat. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'jump'

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Acronyms for 'jump'

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