outjumpv.
/ˌaʊtˈdʒʌmp/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈdʒəmp/ transitive. To surpass in jumping; to jump higher, further, or better than. 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)] > surpass in leaping, springing, or jumping
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1639 G. Digby in G. Digby & K. Digby Lett. conc. Relig. (1651) 85 So active as to out-jump him a foot.
a1668 W. Davenant Play-house to be Let v. 118 in Wks. (1673) Bodikins! pray why a gog Mistress Pompey? As high as you are; a Joan may out-jump ye.
1834 W. G. Simms Guy Rivers I. viii. 102 Six feet in stocking-foot, sound in wind and limb—could outrun, outjump, outwrestle, outfight, and outdo anyhow, any lad of my inches in the whole district.
1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 246 The silly suggestiveness of a brain that outjumps one's thoughts.
1946 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Dec. 22/7 At 2 P.M. the thermometer read 70 degrees, thereby outjumping the previous high of 68 degrees for the same day in 1889.
1991 Guardian 13 May 12/5 Harford's own goal arrived after he had outjumped Farrell to reach a free-kick from Rees but headed the ball the wrong way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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