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[ English

[ Pronunciation

[ Verb

Infinitive
to jump

Third person singular
jumps

Simple past
jumped

Past participle
jumped

Present participle
jumping

to jump (third-person singular simple present jumps, present participle jumping, simple past and past participle jumped)

  1. (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
    The boy jumped over a fence.
  2. (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
  3. (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
  4. (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
  5. (intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
    The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.
  6. (transitive) To move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward.
  7. (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
    The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.
  8. (transitive) To force to jump.
    The rider jumped the horse over the fence.

[ Synonyms

[ Related terms

[ Derived terms

See also jumped, jumper and jumping

    terms derived from jump

[ Translations

propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne
cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward
employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location
react to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body violently
employ a move in certain board games in which one piece moves over another
move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward
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[ Noun

Singular
jump

Plural
jumps

jump (plural jumps)

  1. An instance of propelling oneself into the air.
  2. An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
  3. An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
  4. An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
  5. A jumping move in a board game.
  6. (sports, horses) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.

[ Synonyms

[ Derived terms

[ Translations

instance of propelling oneself into the air
instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location
instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location
instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body
jumping move in a board game
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[ Adverb

jump

  1. (obsolete) exactly; precisely

[ Quotations

  1. "Thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour,
    With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch." - Marcellus, in "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 1, l 64-65
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