jumpn.1
/dʒʌmp/, U.S. /dʒəmp/ 1.
a. An act of jumping; a spring from the ground or other base; a leap, a bound: usually with reference to people or animals springing with the muscular action of the limbs. Sometimes with adverb, as jump-up.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > a leap, spring, or jump
leapOE
startc1330
saulta1350
lope14..
launchc1440
sprenting?a1475
loup1487
springa1500
stenda1500
benda1522
sprenta1522
bounce1523
jump1552
sally1589
rise1600
bound1667
vault1728
sprinta1800
spang1817
spend1825
upleap1876
sprit1880
bunny hop1950
bunny-hop1969
the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > rapidly or sharply
jump-up1890
skyrocket1895
toadstool1939
balloon1946
mushroom1951
ramp1980
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Iumpe, subsultus. Iumpe by Iumpe, subsultim.
1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. H.3 Began with speed, for to plucke vp my feete, Because the place, did put me to my iumps.
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. H3v The Orbes celestiall Will daunce Kemps Iigge. They'le reuel with neate iumps.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 265 It [sc. the hare]..sildome looketh forward, because it goeth by iumpes.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 205 The cat..then seized it with a jump.
1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. ix. 120 We will be back in a squirrel's jump.
1890 Spectator 15 Mar. The god comes out of the car with a jump-up like a Jack-in-the-box.
b. esp. in reference to the distance cleared (long jump n. or broad jump), or height jumped (high jump n. 1), as an athletic performance; also, a place to be jumped across, an obstacle to be cleared by jumping, in hurdle-racing, hunting, etc.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [noun] > riding after hounds > type of fence
timber1791
rasper1812
stopper1832
jump1858
oxer1859
flying fence1883
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > jumping
jump1858
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > jumping > long-jump
long jump1853
broad jump1858
long jumping1859
broad jump-
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > obstacles
leap1692
fence1839
water jump1840
flight1851
jump1858
oxer1859
showjump1884
pianoforte jump1908
pianoforte obstacle1909
1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xl Hoping he was..able to sit at the jumps.
1870 Blaine's Encycl. Rural Sports (rev. ed.) §1648 This leap..was found to be twenty-four feet clear, which..was, it must be allowed, no small jump.
1872 Graphic 6 Apr. 314/1 (Oxf. & Cambr. Athletic Sports) After..the Broad Jump, and the spin for a quarter of a mile..came the hammer-throwing.
1881 C. Phillipps-Wolley Sport in Crimea 280 The jump..was easily within the powers of the most third-rate athlete.
1889 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Pigsticking 123 To educate them [horses]..it is well worth while to keep up a small line of natural jumps somewhere in the neighbourhood.
1895 Outing 26 455/1 Oxford won all the runs, the high hurdle, and tied in the high jump with Yale, losing only the weights and broad jump.
c. A descent on a parachute.
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society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > [noun] > a jump
jump1922
brolly-hop1934
parajump1971
base jump1981
1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 14/2 The parachute..is of little use unless the jump is made over 200 ft. from the ground.
1935 C. G. Burge Compl. Bk. Aviation 490/1 Jumps have been made from heights up to 30,000 ft., the descent taking about 40 min.
1970 Times 9 Dec. 16/1 The man..made his astonishing parachute jump into allied territory.
d. A journey, trip. slang (originally U.S.).
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > excursion > short
short cuta1568
trip1699
run1819
jump1923
runaround1949
1923 N. Anderson Hobo v. 83 He likes to tell of making ‘big jumps’ on passenger trains as from the coast to Chicago in five days, or from Chicago to Kansas City or Omaha in one day.
1932 E. Smith Satan's Circus 17 The performers..amused themselves, during the tedium of long ‘jumps’, by making him sing to them.
1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues viii. 89 We were playing big towns and little towns, proms and fairs. A six-hundred-mile jump overnight was standard.
1967 C. O. Skinner Madame Sarah (new ed.) xii. 268 On sleeper jumps after the star had got to bed, it was Pitou's nightly duty to hear her read the lines of a role.
e. Jazz music with a strong beat; a jazz tune with a strong rhythm. Frequently attributive. Originally U.S.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > jazz > [noun] > types of
rooty-toot1852
soul music1920
Chicago1923
gutbucket1925
symphonic jazz1926
Dixieland1927
jive1928
white jazz1931
Harlem1934
jump1937
New Orleans1938
free jazz1941
progressive jazz1944
bebop1945
gypsy swing1945
modern jazz1946
bop1948
new jazz1949
cool1952
Afro-jazz1954
funk1954
gypsy jazz1955
trad jazz1955
trad1956
whorehouse music1956
new thing1962
fusion1965
1937 Metronome Sept. 32/2 Count Basie. John's Idea; One O'Clock Jump.
1943 R. Blesh This is Jazz 30 You have left only the intolerable monotony of ‘jump’ (riff) phrases played over and over.
1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues xvii. 325 This mechanical swing-band age of jump, organ-grinder riffs, mop-mop and rip-bop.
1946 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets (1949) xii. 279 Jump-swing, that aptly named music which cannot be danced to but must be jumped to.
1946 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets (1949) xii. 282 The small jump bands that are constantly forming and disbanding.
1946 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets (1949) xii. 282 Exploiting jump rhythms.
1955 C. Fox in A. J. McCarthy Jazzbook 1955 6 Ellington..produced jazz in the 'twenties, ‘swing’ during the 'thirties, ‘jump’ in the early 'forties.
1971 Melody Maker 9 Oct. 17/4 In a way, his band was a 1940's jump band with amplifiers.
1972 Jazz & Blues Sept. 10/3 The West Coast ‘jump’ style adopted by artists like Roy Milton and Joe Liggins.
1972 Jazz & Blues Sept. 11/3 ‘Jump’ instrumentals.
f. An act of copulation; sexual intercourse. slang.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse > an act of
swivec1560
fall1594
sleep1612
fuck1663
merry bout1780
stroke1785
screw?c1845
charver1846
fuckeea1866
sex act1888
frigc1890
grind1893
mount1896
poke1902
tumble1903
screwing1904
ride1905
roll1910
trick1926
lay1932
jump1934
bang1937
knock1937
shag1937
a roll in the hay1945
boff1956
naughty1959
root1961
shtup1964
home run1967
seeing to1970
legover1975
bonk1978
zatch1980
boink1989
1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) vii. 212 Then you get cockeyed and take her out for a quick jump and ruin the whole works.
1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 249 A wank was as good as a jump in those days.
2. A sudden involuntary movement caused by a shock or excitement; a start. In plural nervous starts; an affection characterized by such, spec. (a) chorea, (b) delirium tremens (slang).
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > involuntary, caused by emotion
startc1330
startling1572
sursault1598
jump1879
startle response1933
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > delirium tremens
delirium tremens1813
mania a potu1818
oenomania1852
D.T.1858
jump1879
jim-jams1885
jimmies1900
heebie-jeebies1923
the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > sudden start > nervous starts
jump1879
1879 J. Payn Capt. Cole's Passenger in High Spirits II. 204 I thought he had been drinking, and in fact was on the verge of ‘the jumps’.
1881 W. E. Norris Matrimony I. i. 17 Pilkington saw it..and..it gave him the jumps to that extent that he couldn't eat a thing afterwards.
1886 ‘M. Gray’ Silence of Dean Maitland I. x. 272 It gives me the most fearful jumps to think of.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right II. xxviii. 305 ‘I'm afraid he's got the jumps coming on’... ‘Delirium tremens,’ I returned, ‘very likely, indeed.’
1890 A. Edwardes Pearl-powder I. vii. 100 At Philippa's sudden apostrophe she gave a jump.
3. Of things: A movement in which a thing is suddenly and abruptly thrown up or forward. spec. in Gunnery: The vertical movement of the muzzle of a gun at the moment of discharge; the angle which measures this.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > specifically of a thing
jump1611
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > deflection of barrel
jump1879
flip1896
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cahot, the iumpe, hop, or iog of a coach, &c., in a rugged, or vneuen, way.
1879 Man. Artillery Exer. i. 3 When a gun is fired, the whole system has a tendency to revolve in a vertical plane round the point of the trail or rear trucks; this lifting in front gives rise to the ‘jump’.
1897 Text-bk. Gunnery Jump, is the angle between the line of departure and the axis of the piece before firing.
4. figurative. A sudden abrupt rise in position, amount, price, value, or the like; an abrupt change of level either upward or downward; an abrupt rise of level in building; a fault in stratification.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > instance or degree of > significant
jump1657
tide-wave1833
tidal wave1870
breakthrough1944
quantum jump1949
quantum leap1956
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault
trouble1672
dislocation1695
trap1719
trapping1758
slip1789
step1789
fault1796
throw1796
jump1842
nigger1886
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > single layer on same level > abrupt rise in level
jump1842
the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > rapid or sharp increase
mushroom growth1727
skyrocketing1821
wave1851
jump1883
mushrooming1916
bump-up1927
upsurgence1934
upsurge1935
explosion1953
surge1964
quantum jump1975
quantum leap1977
1657 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia 9 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) He did much admire, men should quarrel and kill themselves for the honour of a jump or precedency, or some such toy.
1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Jump, one of the numerous appellations given by miners to a fault or dislocation of different mineral strata.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 991 Jump, an abrupt rise in a level course of brickwork or masonry to accommodate the work to the inequality of the ground.
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Jump (Jump-up, Jump-down), an up-throw or a down-throw, fault.
1883 Stubbs' Mercantile Circular 8 Nov. 982/2 The jump in the import of raw cotton, which has more than quadrupled itself in two years.
1887 Spectator 3 Sept. 1173 The little barometrical jumps which have recently been observed.
1891 Daily News 12 Nov. 2/1 Canary seed exhibits a sudden upward jump of several shillings.
1896 Daily News 18 June 3/1 Negatived by 293 votes against 118, a jump up of 100 in the majority.
5. figurative.
a. A sudden and abrupt transition from one thing or point to another, with omission of intermediate points; an interval, gap, chasm, involving such sudden transition, e.g. in argument.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > [noun] > abrupt transition
jump1678
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 587 By this means, there will not be so vast a Chasm and Hiatus..or so Great a Leap and Jump in the Creation.
1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 220 Their nimble nonsense..gains remote conclusions at a jump.
1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 62 Every one sees that there is a jump in the logic here.
b. Contract Bridge. A bid higher than is necessary in the suit concerned. Also attributive.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics > call > bidding > bid > other types of bid
ask1872
overcall1890
rescue bid1912
game-goer1913
reverse bid1915
denial1916
rebid1916
overbid?1917
rescue?1917
under-call1923
jump1927
invitation1928
score-bid1928
approach1929
pre-empt1929
one-over-one1931
response1931
cue-bid1932
psychic1932
asking bid1936
reverse1936
shut-out1936
under-bid1945
controlled psychic1959
relay bid1959
raise1964
psych1965
multi1972
splinter bid1977
1927 M. C. Work Contract Bridge (1928) 24 One more trick than would be required in Bridge to justify a raise or jump.
1927 M. C. Work Contract Bridge (1928) 56 With Ace-King-Queen..make a jump denial by bidding three.
1931 E. Culbertson Contract Bridge at Glance 11 A jump bid in a new suit by Opening bidder, after a minimum response by partner, is a Forcing Re-bid.
1933 C. Vandyck Contract Contracted iii. 28 The Forcing Take-Out is a jump bid in a new suit.
1959 T. Reese & A. Dormer Bridge Player's Dict. 95 Traditional Acol players do not regard a change of suit by responder as forcing unless it is combined with a jump.
1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 51/4 The jump to three diamonds shows 13 to 16 points.
1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 51/4 Partner must have at least two aces for his jump raise (forcing).
1973 Country Life 27 Dec. 2184/1 The jump bid in the opponents' suit is to show that he really has them.
a. The decisive moment of plunging into action of doubtful issue; dangerous critical moment, critical point, crisis. (Latin discrīmen.) Obsolete. [The notion is evidently that of making a jump or taking a plunge into the unknown or untried.]
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [noun] > critical or decisive moment
articlea1398
prick?c1422
crise?1541
push1563
in the nick1565
jump1598
concurrence1605
cardo1609
(the) nick of time (also occasionally opportunity, etc.)1610
edgea1616
climacterical1628
climacteric1633
in the nick-time1650
moment1666
turning-point1836
watershed1854
psychological moment1871
psychical moment1888
moment of truth1932
crunch1939
cruncher1947
high noon1955
break point1959
defining moment1967
midnight1976
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales ii. iii. 36 Being therefore at a iumpe to hazard all [L. igitur propinquo summæ rei discrimine], thinking it conuenient to sounde the souldiers minde.
1607 Drewill's Arraignm. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 62 Being come to the very iumpe of giuing iudgement.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 212 Seeing..that he now stood upon the iumpe of his Salvation or Condemnation.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 215 This testimony of Clemens..must needs put our Imputers upon this jump, that if Sibyls Oracles were counterfaited by Christians, it was done in the Apostles times.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > risk > act of putting to risk
have-at-allc1575
jump1600
wager1855
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vi. xxxviii. 243 Presently..they put it to the verie jumpe and finall triall what should become of those lawes.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 219 It [hellebore] putteth the Patient to a jumpe or great hazzard.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. viii. 6 Our fortune lyes Vpon this iumpe. View more context for this quotation
7. Phrases. all of a jump (originally U.S.), in a jumpy or nervous state; (at a) full jump (U.S.), at full speed; at one jump (U.S.), in one go; at the jump = at the first jump; †at the first jump, at the very start (of proceedings); for (or on) the (high) jump, for the jumps, up for trial, on a charge for misdemeanour; due for punishment, spec. hanging; from the jump, from the start or commencement; to get (or have) the jump on (originally U.S.), to gain a lead on, get an advantage over (someone); on the jump, (a) on the move; (b) abruptly; swiftly; (c) in a nervous condition; one jump ahead, one step in front of (someone or something); just avoiding a pursuer or the like (literal and figurative).
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > at the beginning [phrase]
at firstc1300
at (also in) the first bruntc1450
at the first chop1528
at hand1558
at the first jump1577
at starting1674
the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > nervous or uneasy [phrase] > in a nervous state
all of a jump1825
for (or on) the (high) jump1912
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > at the beginning [phrase] > from the beginning
from first to last1536
ab origine1537
ab ovoa1586
ab initio1600
from the word go1834
from the jump1848
from the get-go1960
from (also since) day dot1964
society > travel > [phrase]
on (also upon) the road1642
on (also upon) the move1732
for (or on) the (high) jump1859
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupied or busy [phrase]
at work?1440
at it1609
in (full) play1669
on the run1795
on the trot1822
on the hop1863
on the job1882
for (or on) the (high) jump1884
as busy as a nailer1899
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase]
on fastec1275
as greyhound (let out) of leasha1300
a good (also great, etc.) shake13..
in hastec1300
(wiþ) gret yre13..
in speeda1325
good speeda1400
on (also upon) the wing or one's wing1508
with post1569
on or upon the speed1632
on the run?1679
by the run1787
like a house on fire (also afire)1809
at the double-quick1834
with a run1834
fast and furious1851
at the double1860
at the rate of knots1892
for (or on) the (high) jump1905
like blue murder1914
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > with rapid action [phrase] > quickly or promptly
(all) in a rush1829
for (or on) the (high) jump1905
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > have or get (someone) at a disadvantage
to have at avail1470
to catch, have, hold, take (one) at (a or the) vantagec1510
to gain of1548
to be to the forehand with1558
to have (take) on (in, at) the lurch1591
to get the sun of1598
to have (also get) a good hand against1600
to take (have, etc.) at a why-nota1612
to weather on or upon1707
to have the laugh on a person1767
to have a (or the) pull of (also over, on)1781
to get to windward of1783
to have the bulge on1841
to give points to1854
to get (have) the drop on1869
to hold over1872
to have an (or the) edge on1896
to get (also have) the goods on1903
to get (or have) the jump on1912
to have (got) by the balls1918
the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > in advance or in front [phrase] > just in front
one jump ahead1914
society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [adverb] > due for hanging
for (or on) the (high) jump1919
for the jumps1919
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. viii. xx. 159 Procopius, stepping forth at the first iumpe [εὐθὺς ἀπὸ πρώτης εἰσόδου] before the tribunall seate of the presidents.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 291 What's the matter with you,—all of a jump!
1848 N.Y. Tribune 11 Nov. A whole string of Democrats, all of whom had been going the whole hog for Cass from the jump.
1854 M. J. Holmes Tempest & Sunshine i. 12 What you ridin' Prince full jump down the pike for?
1859 Southern Literary Messenger 28 143 I run down stream, an I meets Bill on the jump.
1870 De B. R. Keim Sheridan's Troopers vi. 39 The irate quadruped made for our party, coming at a ‘full jump’.
1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xviii. 145 My nigger had a monstrous easy time..but Buck's was on the jump most of the time.
1888 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 3 Feb. (Farmer) He can depend on a big crowd and fair play from the jump.
1896 G. Ade Artie xvi. 147 I put up a holler right at the jump.
1899 ‘M. Twain’ in Cent. Mag. Nov. 76/1 It was my idea to spread [a name] all over the world, now, at this one jump.
1900 Daily News 4 May 3/2 Keeping the foe on the jump.
1905 J. C. Lincoln Partners of Tide vi. 106 When one of us three says, ‘Nickerson, do thus and so,’ you do it, and do it on the jump. Don't stop to think 'bout it.
1912 G. Ade Knocking Neighbors 123 Rufus was sinfully Rich, but nevertheless Detestable, because his Family had drilled into him the low-down Habit of getting the Jump on the Other Fellow.
1912 F. M. Hueffer Panel iii. i. 289 That elderly gentleman was exceedingly ‘on the jump’, as nervous as a man well could be.
1912 C. E. Mulford & J. W. Clay Buck Peters, Ranchman xxi. 276 Jake went out of the door on the jump.
1914 ‘High Jinks, Jr.’ Choice Slang 21 Only about three jumps ahead of a young conniption.
1919 Athenæum 1 Aug. 695/2 ‘He's for the high jump’ is a favourite expression meaning that someone is to be charged before his company or commanding officer.
1919 Athenæum 8 Aug. 727/2 ‘For the jumps’ (up for trial).
1921 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Three xviii. 230 Hurrying men pulled thick planks from the pile..and hauled them, on the jump, to windows and doors.
1922 E. O'Neill Anna Christie (1923) 29 I didn't go wrong all at one jump.
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 119 High jump, on the, a term used of a man entered on a ‘Crime sheet’, and for trial for a military offence; the suggestion being that the accused would need to jump very high to get over the trouble.
1936 E. Ambler Dark Frontier xi. 173 If we fall down on this job..it's me for the high jump.
1936 G. Greene Gun for Sale i. 23 He sounded all of a jump.
1940 P. G. Wodehouse Eggs, Beans & Crumpets 103 If ever I saw a baby that looked like something that was one jump ahead of the police..it is this baby of Bingo's. Definitely the criminal type.
1942 ‘N. Shute’ Pied Piper 247 I'm for the high jump. They got the goods on me all right.
1956 ‘A. Gilbert’ And Death came Too xiv. 145 I can't afford to act for someone who's going to be found guilty. And..it looks to me remarkably likely Mrs. Appleyard is going to find herself for the high jump.
1960 D. Lytton Goddam White Man xi. 183 He thinks he has the jump on us.
1963 ‘J. Prescot’ Case for Hearing viii. 123 All of the accused are for the high jump.
1971 ‘M. Sinclair’ Sonntag ii. 14 Someone is for the jump, I can tell you. Misinformed, that's what I was.
1972 Real Estate Rev. Winter 22/1 Each of these new developers hopes to get the jump on the other by adding more square footage to the units and giving more in amenities.
1972 J. Philips Vanishing Senator (1973) i. iv. 37 Get over here on the jump... Step on it, will you?
1973 Sun 18 Jan. 6 That would allow the Government to permit wage rises to keep one jump ahead of prices.
8. A robbery (see quots.). slang.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > act or instance of
robbinga1300
ravina1325
robberya1325
burgh-brechea1387
reif1533
hoist1714
jump1777
speak1811
trick1865
clean-up1928
heist1930
knock-off1969
hit1970
1777 in Partridge Dict. Underworld (1949) 374/1 The jump... The dusk of the evening is the time allotted for this, as it prevents any one at a distance from observing what passes; a great number of rogues then gets lurking about, taking advantage of the unpardonable neglect of others; every window they come near that has no light in, they open, if it happens not to be fastened; they then take what is most valuable out of that room, and very often go into others in the same house.
1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. i. 140 As soon as they have completed this robbery, the Jumper descends... The Jump being thus completed, they sheer off immediately.
1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) The jump, or dining room jump; a species of robbery effected by ascending a ladder placed by a sham lamp-lighter, against the house intended to be robbed. It is so called, because, should the lamp-lighter be put to flight, the thief who ascended the ladder has no means of escape but that of jumping down.
1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness (1902) 293 They are sure to see a ‘jump’ in everything, even in concessions. Note: South African euphemism for a robbery.
Compounds
In sense 1c.
jump boot n. a parachutist's boot.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > worn by specific people
polo boot1894
Prince Albert1945
jump boot1948
1948 Amer. Speech 23 319 Jump boots, paratroopers' shoes.
1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 4 Aug. 1/6 She ran to her husband's prostrate body, unlaced his jump boots and pulled them off.
jump-master n. a man in charge of parachutists.
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society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > parachutist > person in charge of parachutists
jump-master1942
1942 Look 3 Nov. 43/2 (caption) The jumpmaster..cries, ‘Stand in the door!’ and the men crowd forward, waiting for the electrifying order: ‘Jump!’
1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon xiv. 353 It's like riding an airplane, getting ready to jump. Anything could go wrong. Something could happen to the airplane.., the jumpmaster.
1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 20 May 30/5 She was standing on the wing of the airplane hanging on and waiting for the jumpmaster to say ‘go’.
jump-sack n. slang a parachute.
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1942 ‘B. J. Ellan’ Spitfire! p. x A parachute is called a brolly or a jumpsack.
jump-suit n.
jump suit n. originally U.S. a parachutist's one-piece garment; also, a similar garment worn by other people.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > one-piece garment > [noun]
playsuit1609
romper1902
romper suit1904
diving-suit1908
bunting1914
teddy bear1917
leotard1920
Sidcot1921
sleeper1921
romper1922
pressure suit1923
boiler suit1928
maillot1928
mono1937
footy1938
all-in-one1939
siren suit1939
goonskin1943
anti-g suit1945
G-suit1945
jump suit1948
immersion suit1951
moon suit1953
poopy suit1953
dry suit1955
wetsuit1955
sleepsuit1958
Babygro1959
tank suit1959
cat-suit1960
penguin suit1961
unitard1961
bodysuit1963
shortall1966
steamer1982
1948 Amer. Speech 23 319 Jump suit, uniform worn when jumping from airplane.
1965 Guardian 7 May 10/1 Rayon linen jump-suit with turn-up trousers and Orlon fish-net midriff.
1965 H. Kane Devil to Pay (1966) xxii. 129 Nora was slender and graceful in a crisp white narrow-legged jump suit.
1969 New Yorker 30 Aug. 73/1 Three parachutists in jump suits.
1971 Black World Apr. 38/2 We worry over horsepower (no pun intended) and power steering, fashionable jump suits and Afro haircuts.
1972 Time 17 Apr. 58/2 He..sews conservation patches all over his jumpsuit.
Draft additions December 2020
Science Fiction. An instantaneous or exceptionally fast journey over an extremely large distance in space. Cf. jump v. Additions.Conceived as being accomplished by various hypothetical means, such as travelling through hyperspace or wormholes.
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1945 I. Asimov in Astounding Sci.-Fiction Apr. 57/2 In grasshopper jumps of increasing magnitude, the trade ship was spanning the Galaxy in its return to the Foundation.
1965 S. R. Delany Ballad of Beta-2 13 Their technical means would not suffice for an interplanetary jump of more than six or seven million miles.
1979 D. Adams Hitch Hiker's Guide to Galaxy 49 ‘No, don't move... You'd better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It's unpleasantly like being drunk.’ ‘What's so unpleasant about being drunk?’ ‘You ask a glass of water.’
1999 A. Thompson Through Alien Eyes (2000) i. 35 I'm looking forward to the jump... It will be good to be moving toward Earth.
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jumpn.2
/dʒʌmp/, U.S. /dʒəmp/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
1. † b. spec. Applied in 17th cent. to the short coat worn by Presbyterian ministers. Obsolete.
a. A kind of short coat worn by men in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: see description in quot. 1688.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > short
petticoatc1425
jump1654
jump-coat1660
coatee1848
haori1877
perisher1889
British (Service) warm1901
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xv. 252 Even the Bedel..without his blew Jump, and silver head tipstaffe loses reputation among the boyes and vagrants.
1665 J. Cosin in G. Ornsby et al. Miscellanea (1861) I. 267 Wearing long rapiers, great skirted jumpes, and short daggers.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 96/2 Iumpe..extendeth to the Thighs is open or buttoned down before, open or slit up behind half way: the Sleeves reach to the Wrist.
1703 Country Farmer's Catech. in J. O. Halliwell & T. Wright Nares's Gloss. (1859) I. 474/2 By'r lady, nothing but a drugget jump and a caster, a russet gown for my wife Susan.
?1746 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. 4 I donn'd my Sundey Jump.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Jump, a child's leathern frock.
1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Jumps, clothes. Chiefly in the phrase ‘Sunday jumps’ = Sunday best.]
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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > coat
jump1653
jump-coat1660
cassocka1888
1653 Polit. Ballads (1860) I. 114 Here's the trunk-hose of the Rump..And a Presbyterian jump, With an Independent smock.
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 119 What enemies were some Ministers..to long cassocks, since the Scotch jump is looked upon as the more military fashion, and a badge of a Northern and cold reformation?
1680 E. Hickeringill Curse ye Meroz 12 The Jesuits, and the Fanaticks, especially the rigid Presbyterian... One wears a Fryars weed, the other a short synodical Jump.
2. A kind of under (or undress) bodice worn by women, esp. during the 18th century, and in rural use in the 19th; usually fitted to the bust, and often used instead of stays. From c1740 usually as plural jumps ( a pair of jumps).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > bodice
waistcoat1580
petticoat body1585
bodicea1625
jump1666
jacket bodice1856
camisole1866
spencer1881
bust bodice1889
liberty bodice1892
petticoat bodice1919
cami1995
1666 in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1864) XVIII. 329 I give to my sonn Williams wife, ye jump which was my sister Sarah Caps.
1703 T. Baker Tunbridge-walks v. 61 I'll be sure to send for you, when I have occasion for a new Jump.
1740 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 113 Her jumps will go next Sunday, and I daresay she'll put them on.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Jump, a waistcoat; a kind of loose or limber stays worn by sickly ladies.
1762 Songs Costume (Percy Soc.) 240 Now a shape in neat stays, now a slattern in jumps.
1784 J. Phillipe Specif. Patent 1444 These springs are for ladies' jumps who do not choose to wear hard incommodious stays.
1825–80 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Jumps, a kind of easy stays, open before, worn by nurses.
3. attributive, as jump-coat = sense 1a, 1b.
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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > coat
jump1653
jump-coat1660
cassocka1888
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > short
petticoatc1425
jump1654
jump-coat1660
coatee1848
haori1877
perisher1889
British (Service) warm1901
1660 T. Blount Boscobel 41 A leather-doublet, a pair of green breeches and a Jump-coat (as the Country call's it).
1703 Cupid Stripp'd What long-winded brother in a short jump coat did preach to day.
a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 642 The habit he came in, was..a green cloth jump coat threadbare, the threads being white.
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jumpn.3
/dʒʌmp/, U.S. /dʒəmp/ (See quots.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > protective studs or plates > other
speckc1440
under-leather1569
rand1598
tongue1598
ruffle1600
underlay1612
tap1688
jump1712
bottom1768
boot-garter1824
yarking1825
range1840
counter1841
insole1851
sock1851
galosh1853
heel plate1862
lift1862
foxing1865
spring1885
saddle1930
1712 P. Blair in Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 146 After this I provided some Jumps, or Leather, such as Shoemakers use for the Heels of Shoes.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Jimp, thin slips of leather, put between the outer and inner soles of a shoe, to give the appearance of thickness.
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† jumpadj.adv.
A. adj.
Coinciding, exactly agreeing; even; exact, precise.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] > in exact agreement or harmony
coincident1570
jump1581
unisonous1665
true1735
coinciding1786
coincidentala1806
conterminate1850
conterminous1855
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adjective]
rightOE
namely?c1225
lealc1330
very1338
truec1400
justc1425
exquisite1541
precise?a1560
jump1581
accuratea1599
nice1600
refined1607
punctual1608
press?1611
square1632
exact1645
unerring1665
proper1694
correct1705
pointed1724
prig1776
precisivea1805
as right as a trivet1835
spot on1936
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxx. 109 When..some parte therof, wanteth his due forme, his iumpe quantitie, his iust number, his naturall seat.
1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes i. iii. sig. B2 Crates Thou thinkest it a grace to be opposite against Alexander. Diog. And thou to be iumpe with Alexander.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. sig. N2v Iumpe concorde betweene our wit and will.
a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods xliii. 39 in Wks. (1640) III Acrostichs, and Telestichs, on jumpe names.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Prophetesse i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dddd2/2 They are as jump and squar'd out to his nature.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Jump, short, compact.
With exact coincidence or agreement; exactly, precisely. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adverb] > in exact agreement
jump1539
jumpingly1567
jumplya1586
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb]
rightlyeOE
righteOE
evenOE
evenlya1225
redlyc1275
justicelya1375
justilya1375
justlya1375
redilya1375
trulya1375
properlya1382
precisec1392
preciselyc1392
truec1392
straitlya1395
leala1400
arightc1405
by linec1420
justlyc1425
featlya1450
rule-righta1450
to the letter?1495
exquisitely1526
evenliklya1530
very1530
absolutely1538
jump1539
just1568
accurately1581
punctually1581
jumplya1586
arights1596
just so1601
plumb1601
compassly1606
nicelya1616
squarely1626
justa1631
adequately1632
mathematicallya1638
critically1655
exquisitively1660
just1665
pointedly1667
faithfully1690
correctlya1704
jus1801
jest1815
jes1851
neat1875
cleanly1883
on the nose1883
smack-dab1892
spot on1920
forensically1974
1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. C.ij Sure I am, that men of oure tyme kepe this saynge so iompe.
1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome ii. f. 20v In this they all do iumpe agree.
1574 J. Studley tr. J. Bale Pageant of Popes iii. 43 Ye shall finde it also make iump six hundred sixty sixe.
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xxiv. 33 a Thou art iumpe of mine opinion.
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. D3 Meete halfe way, and I standing iump in the middle will crie aime to you both.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 329 But since so iump [1623 iumpe] vpon this bloody question You from the Pollack warres, and you from England Are heere arriued. View more context for this quotation
1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden x. 31 Make your graft agree iumpe with the Cyon.
a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) iii. 13 The time of this Belus..falls in jump with the age of this Amenophis.
Derivatives
ΘΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adverb] > in exact agreement
jump1539
jumpingly1567
jumplya1586
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb]
rightlyeOE
righteOE
evenOE
evenlya1225
redlyc1275
justicelya1375
justilya1375
justlya1375
redilya1375
trulya1375
properlya1382
precisec1392
preciselyc1392
truec1392
straitlya1395
leala1400
arightc1405
by linec1420
justlyc1425
featlya1450
rule-righta1450
to the letter?1495
exquisitely1526
evenliklya1530
very1530
absolutely1538
jump1539
just1568
accurately1581
punctually1581
jumplya1586
arights1596
just so1601
plumb1601
compassly1606
nicelya1616
squarely1626
justa1631
adequately1632
mathematicallya1638
critically1655
exquisitively1660
just1665
pointedly1667
faithfully1690
correctlya1704
jus1801
jest1815
jes1851
neat1875
cleanly1883
on the nose1883
smack-dab1892
spot on1920
forensically1974
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. sig. Pp4v My meeting so iumply with them, makes mee abashed.
1604 R. Pricket Honors Fame (1881) 12 Then in that time an vndermining wit, Did closly frame all actions iumply fit.
a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 64 Age, time, place,..and other circumstances so iumply occurre.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Justesse, iustnesse, iumpnesse, euennesse.
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jumpv.
/dʒʌmp/, U.S. /dʒəmp/ I. Intransitive senses.
1.
a. To make a spring from the ground or other base by flexion and sudden muscular extension of the legs (or, in the case of some animals, as fish, of the tail, or other part); to throw oneself upward, forward, backward, or downward, from the ground or point of support; to leap, spring, bound; spec. to leap with the feet together, as opposed to hopping on one leg.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)]
leapc900
startOE
reseOE
springa1275
throwc1275
upleapc1275
launch13..
aspringc1315
sault1377
lance?a1400
sprenta1400
loupc1480
lope1483
spang1513
bendc1530
jump1530
spend1533
stend1567
vaulta1568
pract1568
exult1570
bound1593
saltate1623
subsalt1623
jet1635
spoutc1650
volt1753
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 596/1 I jumpe, as one dothe that holdeth bothe his fete togyther, and leape upon a thyng.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 337 Not the worst of the three, but iumpes twelue foote and a halfe by th' squire. View more context for this quotation
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads i. 504 And Thetis from it jumpt'd into the Brine.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 118. ⁋2 He jumped across the Fountain.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 282 Friday..laugh'd, hollow'd, jump'd about, danc'd, sung.
1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl IV. ii. 59 Jumping down half a dozen steps at once.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xxii. 240 She jumped on to the beach and walked many paces.
1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling i. 40 He should..mark where he sees a barbel jump.
1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 88 I have never seen a salmon jump at sea.
b. To move suddenly with a leap, bound, or the like movement; to ‘spring’, ‘dart’, ‘shoot’.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and suddenly
windc897
shootc1000
smite?c1225
flatc1300
lash13..
girda1400
shock?a1400
spara1400
spritc1400
whipc1440
skrim1487
glance1489
spang1513
whip1540
squirt1570
flirt1582
fly1590
sprunt1601
flame1633
darta1640
strike1639
jump1720
skite1721
scoot1758
jink1789
arrow1827
twitch1836
skive1854
sprint1899
skyhoot1901
catapult1928
slingshot1969
book1977
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly
astartc1275
startc1275
yark1612
sturt1674
spurk1691
jump1720
skyrocket1859
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 16 I jumpt out of Bed.
1838 L. Hunt in Monthly Chron. Nov. 436 Nelly kiss'd me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. viii. 89 I jumped at once to the gun-stand.
1882 B. D. W. Ramsay Recoll. Mil. Serv. I. v. 90 He jumped up with apparent indignation.
1884 J. Payn Some Lit. Recoll. 181 To ambush in the wooded pass..and jump out upon me where it was darkest.
c. To move with a sudden involuntary jerk as the result of excitement or of a nervous shock; to start. to jump for joy, said literally of children, etc., also figurative to be joyfully excited. to jump out of one's skin: see to jump out of one's skin at skin n. Phrases 8a.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > make sudden movement [verb (intransitive)] > as result of emotion
startc1405
startle1530
jump1715
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (intransitive)] > jump or leap for joy
tripudiate1623
to jump for joy1775
1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. i. 9 I'll thank him for it, for my Heart jumps within me.
1775 F. Burney Jrnl. 6 June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 146 I could almost have Jumped for Joy when he was gone, to think that the affair was thus finally over.
1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges iii. 137 So she jumped for joy; and went upstairs and packed all her little trunks.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. vi. 54 You made me jump, Charley.
1900 Speaker 19 May 190/1 A harsh penetrating voice that made me jump.
d. Colloquial phrase to jump (or go (and) jump) in the lake: to go away and cease being a nuisance; usually imperative as a contemptuous dismissal.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (intransitive)]
scud1602
go scrape!1611
to push off (also along)1740
to go it1797
to walk one's chalks1835
morris1838
scat1838
go 'long1859
to take a walk1881
shoot1897
skidoo1905
to beat it1906
to go to the dickens1910
to jump (or go (and) jump) in the lake1912
scram1928
to piss offa1935
to bugger off1937
to fuck off1940
go and have a roll1941
eff1945
to feck off?1945
to get lost1947
to sod off1950
bug1956
to hit, split or take the breeze1959
naff1959
frig1965
muck1974
to rack off1975
society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [phrase] > exhortation to depart or go away
begonec1370
hence with —— !1534
via1600
show your shapes1699
walk your bodyc1730
run along (with you)!1803
to jump (or go (and) jump) in the lake1912
imshi1916
1912 Pedagogical Seminary 19 96 Another division [of slang expressions of ridicule or contempt] is a rebuke to pride with the notion of ‘get out’,..‘Go jump in the lake.’
1937 E. S. Gardner Case of Lame Canary vii. 67 Suppose she tells us to go jump in the lake?
1946 H. Croome Faithless Mirror ix. 97 ‘I'm here to stop that particular change.’ ‘You and what ten other fellows? Go jump in the lake.’
1966 M. Woodhouse Tree Frog xviii. 129 There was no real reason why I shouldn't have told Andy to jump in the lake as soon as he'd got us through Customs at Heathrow.
1968 K. Bird Smash Glass Image xiii. 162 Adiós, old fruit. Hasta luego. Go and jump in the nearest lake.
1974 D. Gray Dead Give Away xxii. 202 She smelt pot in his room... He destroyed the evidence, and told her to jump in the lake.
e. to jump to the eye(s) [tr. French sauter aux yeux] : to be noticed; to be obvious or prominent.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > be clearly visible > be conspicuous
to stand fortha1425
to catch the (also a person's) eye1585
salutea1586
stare1645
to make (familiarly to cut) a figure1699
to show up1860
to jump to the eye(s)1926
to stick (or stand) out like a sore thumb1936
1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 311/1 Jump to the eye(s) is a bad Gallicism.
1929 G. Goodwin Conversations with G. Moore xxvii. 174 The fact that the Banquo scene in ‘Macbeth’—a scene which jumps to the eye—was overlooked, encourages me, obliges me, to think that no one reads Shakespeare.
1931 M. D. George Eng. in Transition iii. 59 Things jump to the eyes of the reader of this passage which have yet been ignored.
f. to jump rope: to skip with a skipping rope. Cf. jump-rope n. at jump- comb. form . North American.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [verb (intransitive)]
wawc1440
swing1662
quizc1790
sea-bathe1792
mudlark1870
pogo1921
yo-yo1932
to jump rope1934
1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1961 Western Folklore July 179 If only two children are jumping rope, one end of the rope may be tied to a tree, the other end being turned by one of the children.
1961 Western Folklore July 193/1 When she died she told me this, When I jump rope I always miss.
1972 National Geographic Sept. 414 When they aren't shooting marbles or jumping rope, the youngsters lurch about on..stilts.
g. Of a parachutist: to jump out of an aeroplane.
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society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > parachute [verb (intransitive)] > jump out of aircraft
jump1935
1935 C. G. Burge Compl. Bk. Aviation 490/1 After jumping and pulling the release cord the parachutist finds that the parachute opens fully in about 1½ sec.
1942 Look 3 Nov. 43/2 (caption) The jumpmaster..cries, ‘Stand in the door!’ and the men crowd forward, waiting for the electrifying order: ‘Jump!’
1969 A. White Long Drop 220 Ben jumped. His parachute failed to open.
h. Of jazz or similar music: to have a strong or exciting rhythm; to ‘swing’; so of a place, esp. a place of entertainment: to pulsate with activity; to be full of excitement or enjoyment. colloquial (originally U.S.).
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the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [verb (intransitive)] > be full of pleasurable excitement (of places)
jumpc1938
happen1955
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > be brisk or active > be full of brisk activity
bustle1774
bristle1844
hum1889
jumpc1938
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > specific style or technique > in jazz
go1926
ride1929
swing1931
tear1932
to play (it) straight1933
groove1935
riff1935
give1936
jumpc1938
to beat it out1945
walk1951
cook1954
move1955
wail1955
stretch1961
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [verb (intransitive)] > type of rhythm
jumpc1938
rock1938
c1938 N. E. Williams His Hi de Highness of Ho de Ho 16 The joint is jumping, the place is lively, the club is leaping with fun.
1943 H. A. Smith Life in Putty Knife Factory vi. 89 He then called up a couple of his friends..and they came, and before long the joint was jumpin'.
1944 Needle July 23/2 The jumping-jive Harlem musicians who think that to obtain any semblance to rhythmic excitement they must leave the theme and become lost altogether.
1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues vi. 71 Indiana Harbor was small but it jumped like mad.
1946 F. Stacy in G. S. Rosenthal & F. Zachary Jazzways 49/2 The meaning of a ‘jump tune’ should be clear enough from the term itself; literally, it jumps.
1959 ‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene v. 86 Nobody minded what was played so long as it ‘jumped’.
1968 J. Sangster Foreign Exchange i. 31 The place was really jumping. It took me three minutes to locate the bar through the smoke haze.
1972 Jazz & Blues Sept. 12/1 We should give some mention to the jumping instrumentals which Fats and the band were committing to wax during the early 50's.
i. Caribbean. to jump up: to dance in a lively manner. Cf. jump-up n. 2.ⓘParticularly associated with carnival.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances of other countries > [verb (intransitive)] > West Indies dance
to jump up1952
chip1956
1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun xii. 233 Crowds jumped up to the music of steel orchestras.
1959 ‘M. Underwood’ Arm of Law xiv. 165 Glad to see you enjoying carnival. But why aren't you jumping up?
1993 M. Anthony Chieftain's Carnival 80 If anybody want to play mas—if anybody really want to jump up—he'll have to go out in the country.
2013 SDFriday 5 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 14 Apr. 2021) All my Antiguan folks jumping up at j'ouvert.
2. transferred. Of inanimate things: To be moved or thrown up with a sudden jerk like the jump of a person or animal. With quot. 1511 cf. bump v.1 I.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > make sudden movement [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of inanimate things
jump1511
startle1812
1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xliijv The sayde Ancre helde vs frome Iumppynge & betynge vpon the sayde Rok.
1568 Bible (Bishops') Nahum iii. 2 The praunsing of horses and the iumping of charrets.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cahoter, to iumpe, iog, or hop, as a coach in vneuen way.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 128 Such as jump in, die wise or cubically.
1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 134 It should..be set..accurately, so as not to jump or sway in any part when made to revolve.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. viii. 58 I..could see the stream..flashing as it jumped over the ledges.
1894 H. Caine Manxman v. iii. 287 The sea was beginning to jump.
3. figurative.
a. To pass abruptly from one thing or state to another, with omission of intermediate stages; to spring up or rise suddenly in amount, price, etc.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > become discontinuous [verb (intransitive)] > make abrupt transition
hipc1570
jump1579
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 856/1 If we goe about to bring them to some instruction, they iumpe from the cocke to the asse [Fr. ils sauteront du coq à l'asne].
1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. i. 37 To jump at once from the beginning of things to the present times.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. vi. 347 Our soundings gradually decreased..to twenty-five fathom; but soon after..they jumped back again to thirty fathom.
1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 189 Another upward bound was experienced, when wool jumped up suddenly to 46s. per tod.
b. To come to (†into), or arrive at (a conclusion, etc.) precipitately and without examination of the premisses.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > judge wrongly [verb (intransitive)] > judge prematurely
to reckon (count) without (before) one's host1490
to run before one's horse to market1597
jumpa1704
a1704 J. Locke Conduct of Understanding §15 in Posthumous Wks. (1706) 55 Men see a little, presume a great deal, and so jump to the Conclusion.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 337 [He] jumped to a conclusion that there was not a more ancient house in Spain.
c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 302/2 The rigid system of philosophy cannot allow us to jump at conclusions.
1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn III. ii. 16 So ill-natured—or rather, so given to jumping to conclusions—is society.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 1044 The diagnosis..must not be jumped at without a careful consideration of the entire circumstances of the case.
4. With prepositions in special uses.
a. to jump at (rarely to jump for): To spring as a beast at its prey; figurative to accept or take advantage of eagerly. colloquial.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > give opportunity for [verb (transitive)] > take (opportunity)
catchc1425
to take‥vantage (of)1573
apprehend1586
to take odds of1596
to catch at ——1610
feea1616
seize1618
nick1634
to jump at1769
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > be willing to [verb (transitive)] > take advantage of eagerly
to leap ata1616
to jump at1769
1769 T. Gray Jrnl. 3 Oct. in Corr. (1971) III. 1088 Butter, that Siserah would have jump'd at, tho' not in a lordly dish.
1844 A. R. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. vii. 78 The guests..all jumped at the invitation.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xxvi. 443 Lavender jumped at that notion directly.
1894 R. Bridges Feast of Bacchus iii. 988 She jumped at the bargain.
b. to jump upon: To spring or pounce upon as a beast upon its victim, or a victor upon the prostrate body of a foe; hence (colloquial), to ‘come down’ crushingly with word or act upon one who exposes himself to severe handling or insult. Also to jump on.
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society > authority > strictness > make more strict or severe [verb (transitive)] > be severe upon
to be sharp upon1561
to come down1611
to be severe on (or upon)1672
spitchcock1674
to handle without gloves1827
to handle with gloves off1828
to catch or get Jesse1839
to jump upon1868
to give (one) snuff1890
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > suddenly
bursta1400
to fly at, on, upon1549
sousea1616
snap1648
jump1789
to pounce on (or upon)1812
to jump on1868
raid1875
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > be harsh or severe upon [verb (transitive)]
to be sharp upon1561
to come down1611
to be severe on (or upon)1672
spitchcock1674
to sit hard on1715
to handle without gloves1827
to handle with gloves off1828
to catch or get Jesse1839
to jump upon1868
to give (one) snuff1890
to give (a person) the works1901
hardball1984
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > severely
dressc1405
wipe1523
to take up1530
whip1530
to shake upa1556
trounce1607
castigatea1616
lasha1616
objurgate1616
thunderstrike1638
snub1672
drape1683
cut1737
rowa1798
score1812
to dress down1823
to pitch into ——1823
wig1829
to row (a person) up1838
to catch or get Jesse1839
slate1840
drop1853
to drop (down) to or on (to)1859
to give (a person) rats1862
to jump upon1868
to give (a person) fits1871
to give it to someone (pretty) stiff1880
lambaste1886
ruck1899
bollock1901
bawl1903
scrub1911
burn1914
to hang, draw, and quarter1930
to tear a strip off1940
to tear (someone) off a strip1940
brass1943
rocket1948
bitch1952
tee1955
fan-
1868 M. E. Braddon Dead-Sea Fruit I. 78 When a wretched scribbler was, in vulgar phraseology, to be ‘jumped upon’.
1887 Lantern (New Orleans) 1 Oct. 2/1 The idea of two big chaps jumping on one man.
1891 R. W. Church Oxf. Movement xvi. 274 Like a general jumping on his antagonist whom he has caught in the act of a false move.
1917 D. F. Canfield Understood Betsy viii. 168 If you had to live the way he does you'd be dirty!.. And then you go and jump on him!
1939 I. Baird Waste Heritage xxi. 292 I'm sorry, Eddy, I didn't mean to jump on you that way.
1973 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer xvi. 138 She jumped on the butler for misunderstanding something about the drinks.
c. to jump down a person's throat: see throat n. Phrases 4b.
d. to jump off U.S. (see quot. and cf. jumping n. Compounds).
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1849 F. Parkman Oregon Trail ii. 31 It was resolved..to bid a final adieu to the frontier, or in the phraseology of the region, to ‘jump off’.
e. to jump to it: to make an energetic start upon something; to take prompt action; usually imperative. Also occasionally to jump to = to obey readily. colloquial (originally Military).
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > take prompt action
spring1548
to take at the (first) bounda1556
to be quick off (occasionally also on) the mark1914
to jump to it1917
to snap (in)to1918
society > authority > subjection > obedience > obey or be obedient to [verb (transitive)] > readily
to jump to1917
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Jump,..2. To readily accept an offer. ‘Not her hab'm? Let-n ax o' her, that's all; I tell ee her'd jump to un.’]
1917 W. Owen Let. 12 Feb. (1967) 434 He does nothing off his own bat, and doesn't always ‘jump to’ my orders!
1919 Athenæum 25 July 664/2 ‘Physical jerks’ dates from war-time, as does also the admonition ‘put a jerk in it’, which is the equivalent of the ante-bellum ‘jump to it’.
1929 Morning Post 13 July 16 He does not know whether the service will come to his fore- or his back-hand; but he is ready to ‘jump to it’, whatever happens.
1956 J. Masters Bugles & Tiger xiv. 178 A P. & O. run like a warship, where the passengers would do as they were told and jump to it, and like it.
1974 M. Babson Stalking Lamb xvi. 121 When you hear my signal—jump to it!
5.
a. To act or come exactly together; to agree completely, to coincide, tally. Const. with.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)] > exactly
jump1567
coincidate1657
coincide1705
tally1705
pary1716
1567 [implied in: T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Aiiijv Do not imitate So iumpingly, so precyselie And step, for step so strayte. (at jumpingly adv. at jumping adj. Derivatives)].
1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 27 Al this iumpid wel together.
1588 J. Udall Demonstr. Trueth of Discipline To Rdr. sig. C The iudgments..so iumping with mine.
1590 R. Sidley Madrigale in R. Greene Neuer too Late i. sig. A3v How loue and follie iumpe in euery part.
1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 70v The corners of which triangle did iumpe with the sides, and lymbus of the subiacent plynth.
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 39 Wisedome and vertue jumpe in one with beauty.
a1635 T. Randolph Muses Looking-glasse iii. iv. 61 in Poems (1638) Good witts may jump: but..Your Freind must steale them if he have them.
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 257 For all men live and judge amiss Whose Talents jump not just with his.
1702 S. Sewall Diary 21 Feb. (1973) I. 462 Our Thoughts being thus confer'd, and found to jump, makes it to me remarkable.
1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man v. 59 Resolutions are well kept when they jump with inclination.
1853 W. Irving Let. 18 Jan. in P. M. Irving Life & Lett. W. Irving (1864) IV. 125 Our humors jump together completely.
1891 Guardian 5 Aug. 1273/2 One passage in Mr. Morley's speech jumps with a letter we print to day.
b. to jump awry, to disagree.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > be unharmonious or incongruous [verb (intransitive)]
missounda1382
discordc1384
disaccorda1500
disagreea1513
disgree1530
miscord1532
to agree (etc.) like harp and harrow1563
antipathizec1630
to jump awry1762
disharmonize1863
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xxviii. 99 The trine and sextil aspects have jumped awry.
II. Transitive senses.† 7. To effect or do as with a jump. Obsolete.† 11. To hazard. Obsolete.† 12. To agree upon or make up hastily (a marriage, a match). Obsolete.
6. figurative.1899 Boston Evening Transcript 24 Feb. 6/1 The appointee has received a promotion..by influence, and in doing it has jumped many of his fellow-officers quite as good or better than he.
a. To pass clear over by a leap; to leap or spring over; to clear. In the game of draughts, To jump over in moving, to take (an opposing man). U.S.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > cause to jump [verb (transitive)] > leap, spring, or jump over
leapc900
overleapeOE
freea1578
overjump1604
jump1609
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top1735
spring?a1775
clear1791
overbound1813
over1837
overspring1847
leap-frog1872
vault1884
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xliv. sig. D2 For nimble thought can iumpe both sea and land. View more context for this quotation
1850 E. K. Kane Jrnl. 6 Sept. in U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1853) xxii. 176 Alternately jumping these crevices and clambering up the hummocks between them m ade it a dangerous walk.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ix. 64 Jumping the adjacent fissures.
b. To get on or off (a ship, train, etc.) by jumping (U.S.). Also, to leave (a place or thing) suddenly; spec. of a seaman: to desert (his ship) before his contract expires. Originally U.S.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away from [verb (transitive)] > go away from suddenly or hurriedly
fleeOE
to give the bag to1582
fling1588
vamoose1847
jump1875
skip1884
to leave (a person) flat1902
blow1912
scarper1937
society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > [verb (transitive)] > desert ship
run1873
jump1875
to break ship1905
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > enter a vehicle
take1654
board1848
jump1875
hop1909
1875 J. Miller First Fam'lies Sierras vii. 47 Even the head man of the company..jumped a first-class poker game..to come in and weigh out dust.
1883 American 6 40 This evasion of imperative duty affords impunity to the men, if they jump the boat on the route.
1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. v. 81 I managed to jump a freight [train] the same night and got right up to Topeka.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 29 Nov. 2/1 He was too old a sailor to give them a chance of ‘jumping’ her.
1921 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Three vii. 88 I'm admittin' I'm walkin' soft, an' ready to jump th' country right quick.
1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean xiv. 260 I told you about jumping the town because I had stove up a limousine.
1939 G. Greene Lawless Roads 302 He thought perhaps he'd jump the ship at Lisbon—but..he was carried remorselessly on.
1957 ‘N. Shute’ On Beach iv. 131 Most of them would probably jump ship.
c. Of things: To spring off, to leave (the rails).
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society > travel > rail travel > [verb (transitive)] > leave the rails
jump1883
spot1891
skip1903
1883 Leisure Hour 282/1 The cars had ‘jumped the track’.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 7/2 The near van jumped the metals and fouled the line just as the north-bound passenger train was approaching.
d. to jump the bite (Dentistry): to correct a faulty occlusion or ‘bite’, esp. one due to a retracted mandible, by bringing the mandible forward as a whole.
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the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > practise dentistry [verb (intransitive)] > correct bite
to jump the bite1877
1877 N. W. Kingsley in Missouri Dental Jrnl. June 237 The object was not to protrude the lower teeth, but to change or jump the bite in the case of an excessive retreating lower jaw.
1901 M. A. Smale & J. F. Colyer Dis. & Injuries Teeth (ed. 2) iv. 158 If..the patient can be made to acquire the permanent habit of bringing the mandible forward so as to make the teeth articulate normally, the bite will have been ‘jumped’.
1951 J. M. Schweitzer Oral Rehabilitation xxxv. 830 Nearly 80 years ago Class II, Division 1 (Angle), cases were treated by ‘jumping the bite’... An attempt was made to reposition the mandible in an anteroposterior as well as a vertical and lateral direction.
e. To jump a bounty (cf. bounty-jumper n. at bounty n. Compounds 2). U.S.
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1884 Congress. Globe 28 Mar. 2388/1 The man..‘who broke his leg attempting to jump a bounty’.
f. Contract Bridge. To raise (a bid) higher than necessary in the suit concerned. Also intransitive.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics > bid > types of bid
double1894
redouble1894
respond1901
overbid1908
underbid1908
to take out of ——1909
rebid1914
rescue1921
jump1927
overcall1927
pre-empt1928
cue-bid1932
psych1937
1927 M. C. Work Contract Bridge 33 If the partner jump, it must be with three cards of a suit.
1927 M. C. Work Contract Bridge 56 Cases of one No Trump jumped to two, and two of a Major jumped to three.
1929 M. C. Work Compl. Contract Bridge i. 7 His proper procedure may be to shift to another declaration, or it may be to jump the original bid.
1963 G. F. Hervey Handbk. Card Games 142 If responder has a count of 12 points he can jump straight to three No-Trumps.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)]
deliverc1400
expedite1471
dispatchc1515
jumpa1616
to make wash-work with1637
rattlea1766
to knock off1817
rustle1844
reel1870
zip1891
rush1893
fast forward1982
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 196 Loue-songs for Maids..Iump-her, and thump-her. View more context for this quotation
1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. i. 6 in Wks. II Why, there was Sr. Iohn Monie-man could iump A Businesse quickely.
1633 Match at Mid-night iii. sig. F4v My father..swears if I pleased him wel, it should serve to iump out my portion.
1684 N. S. tr. R. Simon Crit. Enq. Editions Bible xxv. 230 The latter..jump't up new Translations of the Bible.
8.
a. To cause to jump; to give a jumping motion to; to drive forward with a bound; to startle. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > cause to jump [verb (transitive)]
jumpa1817
the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > with a bound
jump1875
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > make (a horse) leap
bound1592
leap1687
jump1890
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)] > startle
startc1440
rouse1583
startle1598
jolt1872
jump1898
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > cause physical symptoms [verb (transitive)] > cause to start or flinch
startc1440
abraid1590
startle1598
gally1608
surprise1655
upstartlea1849
to get, have or give (someone) a skrik1887
upstart1892
jump1898
a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. xii. 259 She..ran up the steps to be jumped down again. View more context for this quotation
1849 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 10 i. 177 The gleans must then be jumped on the ground to level the roots.
1875 ‘R. H. Blake-Humfrey’ Eton Boating Bk. (ed. 2) 45 With a dashing stroke the Westminsters jumped their boat up to their opponents.
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Jump..2. To raise boring-rods in a bore-hole, and allow them to fall of their own weight.
1883 American 6 40 Constructed with a view to ‘jumping her’ over the bars at low water.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 222 He nearly jumped his horse on to that last bullock's back.
1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 151 It is some time since I have felt so uncomfortable as I felt then, with..this question jumped upon me like a flash of lightning.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 7 Apr. 2/3 People..whose nerves have been jumped by scorchers.
b. To cook in a frying pan, shaking (them) up from time to time. Cf. jumped adj.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook [verb (transitive)] > fry > fry in specific way
sauté1868
sauter1869
jump1870
pan-fry1916
stir-fry1959
blacken1984
1870 ‘Ouida’ Puck II. viii. 187 The cook sent me word that he's invented a new style of jumping mushrooms in wine.
c. Shooting. To cause (game) to start; to ‘spring’.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > drive from lair or cover
starta1393
raisec1425
to put upa1475
rear1486
uprear1486
to start out1519
rouse1531
uncouch?a1562
to den outa1604
dislodge1632
tufta1640
draw1781
jump1836
1836 Southern Rose 10 Dec. 57/3 The boys were ordered to stick close to the dogs, and if they jumped the buck to catch him.
1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 377/1 I would go, but I am a going to jump mullet to-night.
1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting 205 The most successful method of hunting ducks is identical with..‘jumping them up’ along the creeks.
1885 T. Roosevelt Hunting Trips 59 We had half an hour's good sport in ‘jumping’ these little ducks.
1894 Harper's Mag. Feb. 352 A bunch of antelopes which we had ‘jumped’ the day before.
d. To cause to rise as with a jump, or with an abrupt movement.
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a1839 H. Stanhope in Times Lit. Suppl. (1910) 20 Jan. 20/3 I used to see the painted Lady H,..jumped by her footman into her sociable.
1909 P. A. Vaile Mod. Golf 92 Many players who at snooker..want to jump a ball make the error of hitting the ball.
9.
a. To pounce upon, come down upon with violence or unawares; to rob, to cheat; to seize upon by sudden unexpected action; to ‘steal a march’ upon.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > suddenly
bursta1400
to fly at, on, upon1549
sousea1616
snap1648
jump1789
to pounce on (or upon)1812
to jump on1868
raid1875
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)] > steal from
picka1350
lifta1529
filch1567
purloinc1571
prowl1603
touch1631
pinch1632
to pick up1687
to speak with ——1725
knock1767
shab1787
jump1789
to speak to ——1800
shake1811
spice1819
sting1819
tap1879
to knock over1928
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle
defraud1362
deceivec1380
plucka1500
lurch1530
defeata1538
souse1545
lick1548
wipe1549
fraud1563
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nick1576
verse1591
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trim1600
skelder1602
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dry-shave1620
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bilk1672
under-enter1692
sharp1699
stick1699
finger1709
roguea1714
fling1749
swindle1773
jink1777
queer1778
to do over1781
jump1789
mace1790
chisel1808
slang1812
bucket1819
to clean out1819
give it1819
to put in the hole1819
ramp1819
sting1819
victimize1839
financier1840
gum1840
snakea1861
to take down1865
verneuk1871
bunco1875
rush1875
gyp1879
salt1882
daddle1883
work1884
to have (one) on toast1886
slip1890
to do (a person) in the eye1891
sugar1892
flay1893
to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895
con1896
pad1897
screw1900
short-change1903
to do in1906
window dress1913
ream1914
twist1914
clean1915
rim1918
tweedle1925
hype1926
clip1927
take1927
gazump1928
yentz1930
promote1931
to take (someone) to the cleaners1932
to carve up1933
chizz1948
stiff1950
scam1963
to rip off1969
to stitch up1970
skunk1971
to steal (someone) blind1974
diddle-
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)]
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takec1300
fetch1377
bribec1405
usurpc1412
rapc1415
to rap and rendc1415
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convey?1545
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strike1567
lag1573
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to carry off1684
to pick up1687
thievea1695
to gipsy away1696
bone1699
make1699
win1699
magg1762
snatch1766
to make off with1768
snavel1795
feck1809
shake1811
nail1819
geach1821
pull1821
to run off1821
smug1825
nick1826
abduct1831
swag1846
nobble1855
reef1859
snig1862
find1865
to pull off1865
cop1879
jump1879
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swipe1889
snag1895
rip1904
snitch1904
pole1906
glom1907
boost1912
hot-stuff1914
score1914
clifty1918
to knock off1919
snoop1924
heist1930
hoist1931
rabbit1943
to rip off1967
to have off1974
the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)]
gripea900
afangOE
to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE
repeOE
atfonga1000
keepc1000
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kip1297
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to seize on or upon1399
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rapc1415
to rap and rendc1415
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hap1528
to lay hold (up)on, of1535
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bag1818
puckerow1843
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snag1962
pull1967
1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xv. 160 They..pick him up and take him to the above alehouse to jump him, or do him upon the broads, which means, cards.
1870 B. Harte Luck of Roaring Camp & Other Sketches 79 The old proprietor..was green, and let the boys about here jump him.
1879 A. Forbes in Daily News 28 June 5/6 Some fellows..prowl around habitually with a single eye to ‘jumping’ anything conveniently portable.
1882 St. James's Gaz. 11 Feb. The violent manner in which the office of Prime Minister was ‘jumped’.
1889 C. King Queen of Bedlam 106 The Cheyenne stage, they said, was ‘jumped’, the driver killed, and the..passengers burned alive.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 17 May 1/2 To try to jump the Transvaal after the experience of three years ago..would indeed be worse than folly.
b. to jump a claim, etc.: To take summary possession of a piece of land called a ‘claim’, on the ground that the former occupant has abandoned it, or has failed to comply with the legal requirements. Chiefly U.S., Australian, and South African. Also transferred.
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession [verb (intransitive)] > take summary possession of land
to jump a claim1848
1848 E. H. Smith Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak vi. xxxvii. 276 If, through mistake, I jumped a man's claim, As soon as I knew it, I jumped off again.
1854 Argus (Melbourne) 21 Mar. Claims are being jumped daily.
1855 Argus (Melbourne) 6 Jan. The meeting [of diggers] unanimously resolved to ‘jump’ all deserted holes.
1879 Daily News 22 Mar. 6/2 There was a word coined and current at the mines of California..which exactly suits the transaction—‘jumping’... We ‘jumped’ the Diamond Fields, we ‘jumped’ the Transvaal, and we intend to ‘jump’ Zululand if we can.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right I. iv. 90 If such work were not commenced within three days, any other miners might summarily take possession of or ‘jump’ the claim.
1893 Westm. Gaz. 7 July 3/1.
c. To rob or take unlawful possession of (an empty house).
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1859 Slang Dict. s.v. To jump a house, to rob it.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 30 July 5/2 There are people who ‘jump’ houses—quietly take possession of an empty house.
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a. To skip over, skip, pass by, evade. to jump (one's) bail, to jump one's bill, to abscond, leaving one's sureties liable or one's bill unpaid. slang (originally U.S.).
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > omit, pass over
forgetc950
overhipc1300
overgoa1382
overpassa1382
passa1382
to step over ——1387
to pass overc1390
overslipa1400
overskipc1400
overslide1488
overstartc1500
neglect1511
skip1531
to pass by1560
intermit1570
leap1600
overjump1604
jump1749
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > a problem or difficulty
hipc1440
illude1553
to give (a person or thing) the go-by1654
slink1658
jump1844
sidestep1899
burke1921
duck1928
bypass1941
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > bailing or bail > bail or admit to bail [verb (transitive)] > violate bail
to jump (one's) bail1859
society > trade and finance > payment > non-payment > be unpaid (of money, wages, etc.) [verb (intransitive)] > leave without paying
to pay with the fore-topsail1834
to jump one's bill1888
swedge1897
to skip (one's) bail1900
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. iii. 206 We have, ourselves, been very often..given to jumping, as we have run through the Pages of voluminous Historians. View more context for this quotation
1844 R. W. Emerson New Eng. Reformers in Wks. (1906) I. 262 So they jumped the Greek and Latin, and read law, medicine, or sermons, without it.
1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 47 Jumped his bail, run away from his bail.
1872 G. P. Burnham Mem. U.S. Secret Service 55 Pete's friend Fred Biebusch had hid himself, after jumping his bail.
1888 Chicago Herald in J. S. Farmer Dict. Americanisms He arose at early dawn and jumped his bill.
1911 L. J. Vance Cynthia 177 He's jumped bail on a bigamy indictment.
1973 M. Russell Double Hit xxii. 165 I shan't jump bail. They'll see me..back in court.
1974 Guardian 25 Jan. 24/1 [He] was given a three years' sentence in his absence, after he had jumped bail.
b. To drive past (traffic lights) when they indicate that one should stop. Also transferred. Originally U.S.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a motor vehicle > drive past a red traffic light
run1935
crash1937
jump1938
1938 Words Mar. 44/2 Jump, v.t., to anticipate (the go signal of a traffic director).
1958 Listener 6 Nov. 731/1 Cutting in, jumping the lights, blind corners at sixty,..they're things I'd never dream of doing.
1961 J. Barlow Term of Trial ii. ii. 160 She stared at the conflict of traffic. ‘Good God!’ she protested... ‘They jump the lights!’
1970 J. Porter Rather Common Sort of Crime iv. 42 She jumped a red light..it was a damned silly place to have traffic lights.
1973 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 2/7 The driver of the local train..said he had jumped a red signal light.
c. to jump the gun: see gun n. 6f; to jump the queue: to go unfairly to or near the front of a queue of people; to push forward out of one's turn; also figurative, to gain an unfair advantage or preferential treatment.
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society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > seem wrong [verb (intransitive)] > act unfairly > gain unfair advantage
to jump the queue1947
1947 Hansard Commons 9 Dec. 951 There is no local authority who can clear these camps by allowing the people in them to jump the queues.
1955 L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman viii. 82 He distrusted the quality of imagination; it was a rogue quality that jumped the queue.
1955 Times 27 June 8/2 The Port of London Authority gave permission for the ship to ‘jump the queue’ of other vessels waiting in the river for berths.
1958 H. M. Hayward & M. Harari tr. B. Pasternak Dr. Zhivago ii. ix. 273 There was always a queue in the street... Of course I didn't try to jump the queue, I didn't say I was his wife.
1958 P. Townsend in N. Mackenzie Conviction 118 Choosing whether to dodge some taxes..or jump the queue at the hospital.
1973 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer v. 49 One of the women makes a gesture, indicating that you should jump the queue.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance or risk [verb (transitive)]
hazard1567
jumpa1616
risk1660
stake1670
chance1859
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vii. 7 But heere, vpon this Banke and Schoole of time, Wee'ld iumpe the life to come.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 276 You must..iump the after-enquiry on your owne perill. View more context for this quotation
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > celebrate (a marriage) [verb (transitive)] > make up a marriage hastily
jump1589
1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. L2v Doron smudgde himselfe vp, and iumpde a marriage with his old friend Carmela.
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. H3 Shee counts thee a man worthie to iumpe a match with hir.
1615 J. Swetnam Arraignm. Women (1880) p. xxvi I aduise thee..to haue a speciall regard to her quallities and conditions before thou shake hands or iumpe a match with her.
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a. Iron-forging. To flatten, ‘upset’, or shorten and thicken the end of a rail or bar by endwise blows. Also transferred.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > forge or shape > in specific way
batterc1380
beat1483
peena1522
hammer1522
malleate1598
extenuate1599
upset1678
planish1688
to set down1703
foliate1704
raise1774
skelp1803
tilt1825
jump1851
cold-hammer1858
stub1869
upend1932
ding1939
coin1940
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 249 The ends of the rails will not be jumped up or flattened by the wheels coming in contact with them, which is now the case.
1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 434 Fine powder will not do it, but, on the contrary, would jump up the end of the harpoon, or bend it.
1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 99 Sometimes the butts..are fitted by chipping and ‘jumping’ them; that is, by hammering the butt of the plate until it fits against the butt of the next plate.
1883 W. J. E. Crane Smithy & Forge 43 The extreme end is made white hot, and instantly thrust down or ‘jumped’ several times upon the anvil.
b. To join by welding the flattened ends (cf. jump-weld n. at jump- comb. form ).
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > weld > with specific technique
seam1703
jump1864
tack1887
spot weld1908
seam-weld1917
tack weld1919
lead-burn1937
projection-weld1950
micro-weld1965
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Jump...3. (Smith Work) To join by a butt-weld.
c. To join (rails, etc.) end on end (cf. jump-joint n. at jump- comb. form ).
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (transitive)] > join > in specific manner or with specific joint
cocket1565
rabbet1565
splice1626
rebate1770
joggle1820
jump1885
1885 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) 184 When a joiner, in putting up rails, nails them to the stumps exactly end to end.., he calls it ‘jumping’ the rails.
14. Quarrying. To drill by means of a jumper.
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society > occupation and work > industry > quarrying > quarry (stone, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > drill (hole or cutting)
pool1712
jump1849
jad1871
1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 32 Jump, to drill a hole for the purpose of blasting;..the drill is made of a greater length, and the opposite end from the chisel end swelled out to make it heavy, and the drill driven by hand.
1865 J. T. F. Turner Familiar Descr. Old Delabole Slate Quarries 13 A hole is jumped in the block [of slate], near the edge.
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intransitive. Science Fiction. To make an instantaneous or exceptionally fast journey over an extremely large distance in space. Cf. jump n.1 Additions.
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1952 I. Asimov in Astounding Sci. Fiction Oct. 67/2 It's different in different places and we have to know exactly what it is in order to allow ships to calculate exactly how to jump through hyperspace.
1974 J. Haldeman Forever War (1976) 185 From Kaph-35 we jumped to Samk-78, from there to Ayin-129 and finally to Sade-138. Most of the jumps were no more than a few hundred light years.
1992 V. Vinge Fire upon Deep (1993) 242 The ship was doing about ten ultrajumps per second: jump, recompute and jump again.
2004 A. R. Pedrick Double Zero ii. 18 Computer Two determined that the ship had jumped a long way, clear out to the very rim of the galaxy.
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transitive. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). to jump (a person) in: to initiate (a person) into a street gang, by subjecting him or her to a beating or other ritual. Also intransitive: to undergo such an initiation. Similarly to jump (a person) out, in the context of leaving a gang.
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1983 J. C. Quicker Homegirls i. 15 If these criteria are met, the girl will then be ready for the final step, a ritual initiation granting her full status as a gang member. This ritual is termed being ‘jumped in’.
1990 Christianity Today 15 Jan. 18/1 It's been said there are only two ways out of a gang—either to be killed in the loyal defense of your gang, or to be ‘jumped out’ (a brutal beating that often leaves a gang member crippled or dead).
1996 in J. E. Lighter Hist. Dict. Amer. Slang (1997) II. 327/2 We jumped in together.
2000 F.E.D.S. Mag. 2 vi. 77/1 F.E.D.S.: How were you initiated, were you jumped in? Bone: No. We didn't have to get initiated, although in different neighborhoods they do different things. Traditionally, if your set was jumping motherfuckers in back in the 70's, then that's what they're going to follow.
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transitive. slang. to jump the shark: (originally of a television programme) to begin a period of inexorable decline in quality or popularity, esp. as marked by a particular event.Popularized by the name of the website www.jumptheshark.com: see quot. 1998.
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1998 Los Angeles Times 9 Apr. (Calendar Weekend section) 48/4 If you think the show's already passed its peak, be sure to vote for it at ‘Jump the Shark’.., a site that pinpoints the moment of each TV show's decline. The name comes from the ‘Happy Days’ show where Fonzie jumped a shark tank... Has ‘SP’ [sc. the television show South Park] ‘jumped the shark’ with its April Fools' episode? Only time and ratings will tell.
2001 Financial Times (Nexis) 14 July (Sport section) 18 Formula One has jumped the shark and consequently I will not be going near the British Grand Prix at Silverstone this weekend.
2003 B. Little Policy 76 I'd stay here with you if I could, but someone has to be sociable, tend to our guests and make sure this party doesn't jump the shark.
2004 Metro 27 Sept. (London ed.) 13 EastEnders jumped the shark as soon as Frank Butcher left the Square.
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colloquial. to jump (over) the (also a) broom (also broomstick): (originally) to enter into a common-law or irregular marriage, esp. by means of a ceremony involving leaping or stepping over a broomstick (cf. to marry over the broomstick at broomstick n. Phrases); (later chiefly) to get married, spec. to leap or step over a broomstick as part of an official civil or religious marriage ceremony.The custom itself is now associated esp. with African-American wedding traditions.
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1784 Loyola: Novel 107 Nor can even a squaretoes blame him for proposing to jump over a broom, the modern lover's leap.
1810 J. Poole Hamlet Travestie ii. iii. 39 Jump o'er a broomstick, but don't make a farce on The marriage ceremonies of the parson.
1839 Standard 7 Jan. When the commissioner said he thought Mr. Taylor was rather advanced in life to think of marrying again, he said, ‘Am I, indeed! many women have offered to jump over the broomstick with me.’
1859 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 16 June 1/7 Warrick and Winnie..were both slaves in North Carolina... The parties saluted each other as bride and groom, jumped over the broomstick in the kitchen, and were pronounced married.
1884 Indian Jrnl. (Muskogee, Indian Territory) 20 Nov. Since my last report, the following ones have jumped the broom and become one, to-wit: Mr. J. Kribbs, to Miss Viola Adams,..[etc.]. The last couple was tied together at the parsonage yesterday.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Jump over the broom, a cant phrase for an irregular marriage. He idn 'is wive, 'tino! they on'y jumped over the broom.
1934 Z. N. Hurston Jonah's Gourd Vine x. 136 Dis de fust one uh mah chillun tuh jump over de broomstick.
1992 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 5 July 21 As every dame in town knows, if he doesn't beg you to jump the broomstick in the first 12 weeks, he really isn't that interested.
2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 Sept. ix. 23/2 After they exchanged vows they jumped the broom in the African-American tradition and smashed a glass in the Hebrew tradition.
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