'To jump at' definitions:
Definition of 'To jump at'
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- 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]
Words containing 'To jump at'
- From the jump,
- Jump,
- Jumping,
- jump in,
- jump off,
- jump on,
- jump out,
- jump up,
- jumped,
- jumping up and down,
- Bungee jump,
- Bungee jumping,
- Jump joint,
- Jump seat,
- Jump spark,
- Jump suit,
- Jumping bean,
- Jumping deer,
- Jumping disease,
- Jumping hare,
- Jumping jack,
- Jumping louse,
- Jumping mouse,
- Jumping mullet,
- Jumping shrew,
- Jumping spider,
- To jump a claim,
- To jump the gun,
- broad jump,
- get the jump,
- high jump,
- jump bail,
- jump ball,
- jump cut,
- jump for joy,
- jump rope,
- jump shot,
- jump the gun,
- jumped-up,
- jumping bristletail,
- jumping gene,
- jumping off place,
- jumping orchid,
- jumping seed,
- long jump,
- parachute jump,
- pole jump,
- pole jumping,
- quantum jump,
- ski jump,
- ski jumping,
- stadium jumping,
- triple jump,
- water jump,
- Hop skip and jump,
- Hop step and a jump,
- Hop step and jump,
- Jump-start,
- To jump one's bail,
- hop skip and a jump,
- johnny-jump-up,
- jumping plant louse,
- jumping-off place,
- jumping-off point,
- meadow jumping mouse,
- mexican jumping bean,
- cross-country jumping,
- hop-step-and-jump