Jump , adv. Exactly; pat.[Obs.]
Shak.
Jump , a. Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.
[Obs.]
"Jump names." B. Jonson.
Jump , n.
1. The act
of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. "To advance by jumps."
Locke.
2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.]
Our fortune lies
Upon thisjump.
Shak.
3. The space traversed by a leap.
4. (Mining) A dislocation in a stratum;
a fault.
5. (Arch.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
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.
Jump (?), v. t. 1. To
pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a
stream.
2. To cause to jump; as, he
jumped his horse across the ditch.
3. To expose to
danger; to risk; to hazard. [Obs.]
To jump a
body with a
dangerous physic.
Shak.
4. (Smithwork) (a) To join by a butt weld. (b) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
5. (Quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
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.]
Jump , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jumped (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Jumping.]
[Akin to OD. gumpen, dial. G. gumpen,
jumpen.]
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.
Not
the worst of the three
but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square.
Shak.
2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to
jolt. "The jumping chariots." Nahum iii. 2.
A flock of geese jump down together.
Dryden.
3. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with. "It jumps with my humor." Shak.
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.
Jump (?), 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.
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