jump
Noun:
- An act of propelling oneself into the air: The physical action of pushing off the ground with one's feet, causing the body to become airborne.
- A sudden, sharp movement due to surprise or fear: An involuntary physical reaction, such as a startle.
- A sudden increase or rise: A significant and abrupt upward change in level, quantity, or status.
- An abrupt transition or change: A sudden shift from one state, topic, or scene to another.
Verb:
- To propel oneself into the air: To push off the ground with the feet, causing the body to become airborne.
- To move suddenly and quickly: To make a sudden, often startled, physical movement.
- To increase suddenly and sharply: To rise abruptly in level, amount, or position.
- To pass over or bypass something: To omit, skip, or move past something, often abruptly.
- To attack suddenly: To make a sudden physical assault.
Noun:
- The athlete's final jump won her the gold medal.
- A loud noise gave me a jump.
- There was a significant jump in sales this quarter.
- The film used a jump from day to night to show time passing.
Verb:
- The cat can jump onto the high shelf.
- Don't sneak up on me; you made me jump!
- Stock prices jumped after the positive earnings report.
- He tends to jump from one idea to the next without finishing.
- The thugs tried to jump him in the alley.
"to jump at": To accept eagerly or seize an opportunity without hesitation.
- She jumped at the chance to study abroad.
"to jump to conclusions": To form an opinion hastily, without having all the facts.
- Don't jump to conclusions; let's hear the full story first.
"to jump the gun": To start something before the proper time or before it is permitted.
- They jumped the gun and announced the news before the official release.
"to jump ship": To abandon a task, organization, or activity, especially when it is in difficulty.
- Several key employees jumped ship when the company started having financial problems.
Jumpy (adj): Nervous, easily startled.
- The loud noises made the horse jumpy.
Jump-start (v): To start a vehicle by connecting its battery to another; to give something a quick or forceful start.
- We had to jump-start the car. / The new campaign will jump-start sales.
Long jump / High jump (n): Track and field events involving jumping for distance or height.
- Leap: To jump a long distance or high into the air (often implies more force or grace).
- Bound: To move forward with long, springing jumps.
- Spring: To move suddenly and rapidly upward or forward.
- Skip: To move by hopping lightly on one foot and then the other; to omit.
- Start: To make a sudden, brief movement due to surprise or alarm.
Jump in: To enter something eagerly or interrupt a conversation.
- Feel free to jump in if you have a question.
Jump on: To criticize or attack someone verbally; to get onto a vehicle.
- The manager jumped on him for being late. / We jumped on the bus.
Jump out: To be very noticeable or conspicuous.
- The bright red title jumps out from the page.
Jump off: To leap down from a height.
- He dared his friend to jump off the low wall.
Get/Have the jump on someone: To gain an advantage over someone by acting before they do.
- By starting the project early, we got the jump on our competitors.
For the high jump: Facing severe punishment or trouble (British English).
- If the boss finds out, you'll be for the high jump.
On the jump: Very busy or active.
- I've been on the jump all day with meetings.
- the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
- he advanced in a series of jumps
- the jumping was unexpected
- descent with a parachute
- he had done a lot of parachuting in the army
- a sudden involuntary movement
- he awoke with a start
- (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
- an abrupt transition
- a successful leap from college to the major leagues
- a sudden and decisive increase
- a jump in attendance
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- leap into fame
- jump to a conclusion
- jump from one thing to another
- bypass
- He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- cause to jump or leap
- the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- run off or leave the rails
- the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks
- 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
- rise in rank or status
- Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
- enter eagerly into
- He jumped into the game
- be highly noticeable
- increase suddenly and significantly
- Prices jumped overnight
- make a sudden physical attack on
- The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- She startled when I walked into the room
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- The horse bounded across the meadow
- The child leapt across the puddle
- Can you jump over the fence?