jump¹ /jump/

1. To spring or leap
2. To move suddenly or quickly
3. To move with a jerk, to start, eg with fright
4. (of a parachutist) to leap out of a plane
5. To bounce
6. To rise suddenly
7. To change or move abruptly or out of sequence from one thing, state, etc to another
8. To throb, flicker
9. To be lively or exciting
10. To agree, coincide (with)

1. To cause or help to leap
2. To leap over, from, or onto
3. To skip over
4. To drive through (a (red) traffic light) (informal)
5. To start (a vehicle) using jump leads
6. To fall off or out of (rails, a groove, etc)
7. To board (a train, etc) so as to travel without paying (informal)
8. (eg of game) to spring or start
9. To appropriate (a claim), on the grounds that the owner has failed to satisfy conditions or has abandoned it
10. To seize suddenly, catch unawares, ambush (informal)
11. (of a male) to have sexual intercourse with (vulgar sl)
12. To make up hastily (obsolete)
13. To risk (Shakespeare)

1. An act of jumping
2. A bound
3. An obstacle to be jumped over
4. A height or distance jumped
5. A jumping contest
6. A descent by a parachutist
7. A sudden rise or movement
8. A jerk or start
9. (in pl) convulsive movements, chorea, delirium tremens, or the like (slang)
10. A bounce
11. An abrupt change
12. A jump-cut
13. Changing to a branch program (computing)
14. Venture, hazard (Shakespeare)

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jumpˈable adjective

jumpˈer noun

1. A person, animal or thing that jumps
2. A jump shot or a player of such (basketball)
3. A heavy drill with a jumping motion, used in quarrying, etc
4. A short section of overhead transmission line conductor forming an electrical connection between two sections of a line (elec eng)
5. A multi-core flexible cable connection between the coaches of a multiple-unit train
6. One of a group of Welsh Methodists (c.1760) who jumped about in worship

jumpˈily adverb

jumpˈiness noun

jumpˈy adjective

1. Nervy, on edge, liable to jump or start
2. Moving jerkily

jump ball noun (basketball)

A ball thrown up between opposing players by the referee to restart the game

jumpˈ-cut noun (film)

An abrupt change from one scene or subject to another, across an interval of time (also intransitive verb)

jumpedˈ-up adjective (informal)

1. Upstart
2. Cocky, arrogant

jumper cables plural noun (N American)

Jump leads

jumping bean noun

The seed of a Mexican euphorbiaceous plant (esp genus Sebastiania), containing a moth larva which causes it to move or jump

jumping deer noun

The black-tailed American deer

jumping gene noun (informal)

A transposon

jumping hare noun

A S African rodent related to the jerboa

jumping jack noun

1. A jointed toy figure whose limbs can be moved by pulling a string
2. A firework that jumps along the ground
3. A jumping exercise in which the legs are spread apart then brought together while the arms are swung above the head and back to the sides

jumping mouse noun

A genus (Zapus) of jumping rodents

jumping-off place noun

1. The terminus of a route, a destination
2. A starting-point
3. A place from which one sets out into the wilds, the unknown, etc
4. Somewhere very remote (US)

jumping spider noun

Any member of the spider family Salticidae that leap upon their prey

jump jet noun

A fighter plane able to land and take off vertically

jumpˈ-jockey noun (horse-racing)

A jockey who rides in steeplechases

jump leads plural noun

Two electrical cables for supplying power to start a car from another battery

jumpˈ-off noun (US)

1. The start
2. Starting-place
3. See jump off below

jump rope noun (N American)

A skipping rope

jump seat noun

1. A movable seat in a car or aircraft
2. A carriage with a movable seat (obsolete)
3. A folding seat

jump shot noun (basketball)

A shot at a basket made when the player is in midair

jumpˈ-start transitive verb

1. To start (a car) by using jump leads
2. To bump start (a car)

noun

An act of starting a car in this way

jump suit or jump'suit noun

A one-piece garment for either sex, combining trousers and jacket or blouse

jumpˈ-turn noun (skiing)

A turn executed in midair

jumpˈ-up noun (W Indies)

A social dance

for the high jump see under high¹

have the jump on (chiefly US inf)

To have an advantage over

jump at

To accept eagerly

jump down someone's throat

To berate or snap at someone angrily and suddenly

jump off (showjumping)

To compete in another, more difficult round, when two or more competitors have an equal score after the first round (jumpˈ-off noun)

jump on

1. To jump so as to come down heavily upon
2. To attack physically
3. To censure promptly and vigorously
4. To give sudden attention to

jump (one's) bail

To abscond, forfeiting one's bail

jump out

1. To be visually striking
2. To grab the attention

jump ship (informal)

(of a sailor) to leave one's ship while still officially employed, in service, etc

jump the gun

(ie the starting-gun in a race) to get off one's mark too soon, act prematurely, take an unfair advantage

jump the queue

To get ahead of one's turn (lit and figurative)

jump to conclusions

Come to a decision prematurely, based upon insufficient facts or consideration

jump to it!

Hurry!

one jump ahead of

In a position of advantage over

jump² /jump/ (obsolete)

1. A short coat
2. (in pl) a kind of female under-bodice

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