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Meaning
Verb
●
To
propel
oneself
rapidly
upward,
downward
and/or
in any
horizontal
direction
such that
momentum
causes
the body to become airborne.
●
To cause
oneself
to
leave
an
elevated
location
and
fall
downward.
●
To
pass by
a
spring
or
leap
; to overleap.
●
To
employ
a
parachute
to
leave
an
aircraft
or
elevated
location.
●
To
react
to a
sudden
, often
unexpected
,
stimulus
(such as
a sharp
prick
or a
loud
sound
) by
jerking
the body violently.
●
To increase
sharply
, to
rise
, to
shoot
up.
●
To
employ
a
move in
certain
board games
where one
game piece
is
moved
from one
legal
position
to another
passing over
the
position
of another
piece
.
●
To
move
to a
position
(in a queue/line) that is further forward.
●
To
attack
suddenly
and violently.
●
To
engage
in
sexual intercourse
with (a person).
●
To cause to jump.
●
To
move
the
distance
between two
opposing
subjects.
●
To increase the
height
of a
tower crane
by
inserting
a
section
at the
base
of the
tower
and
jacking up
everything above it.
●
In Cycling:
To increase
speed
aggressively
and without warning.
●
To
expose
to
danger
; to risk; to hazard.
●
To
join
by a buttweld.
●
To
thicken
or
enlarge
by
endwise
blows
; to upset.
●
To
bore with
a jumper.
●
To
jump-start
a
car
or other
vehicle
with a
dead
battery
,
as with
jumper
cables.
●
To
coincide
; to
agree
; to
accord
; to
tally
;
followed by
with.
●
In Programming:
To
start
executing
code
from a different
location
,
rather than
following
the
program
counter.
●
To
flee
; to make
one's
escape.
Noun
●
The
act
of
jumping
; a
leap
; a
spring
; a bound.
●
An
effort
; an
attempt
; a venture.
●
In Mining:
A
dislocation
in a
stratum
; a fault.
●
In Architecture:
An
abrupt
interruption
of level in a
piece
of
brickwork
or masonry.
●
An
instance
of
propelling
oneself
upwards.
●
An
object
which
causes
one to
jump
; a ramp.
●
An
instance
of
causing
oneself
to
fall
from an
elevated
location.
●
An
instance
of
employing
a
parachute
to
leave
an
aircraft
or
elevated
location.
●
An
instance
of
reacting
to a
sudden
stimulus
by
jerking
the body.
●
A
jumping
move in
a board
game.
●
A
button
(of a
joypad
,
joystick
or
similar
device
) used to make a
video game
character
jump
(propel itself upwards).
●
In Equestrianism & Sports:
An
obstacle
that
forms
part of a
showjumping
course
,
and that
the
horse
has to
jump
over cleanly.
●
An early
start
or an advantage.
●
In Mathematics:
A
discontinuity
in the
graph
of a
function
, where the
function
is
continuous
in a
punctured interval
of the
discontinuity
.
●
In Physics:
An
abrupt
increase in the
height
of the
surface
of a
flowing
liquid
at the
location
where the
flow
transitions
from
supercritical
to
subcritical
,
involving
an
abrupt
reduction
in
flow
speed
and increase in turbulence.
●
In Science fiction:
An
instance
of
faster-than-light
travel
, not
observable
from
ordinary
space.
●
In Programming:
A change of the
path
of
execution
to a different location.
●
In American English & Automotive:
Short for jump-start.
●
In Film:
Clipping of
jump
cut.
●
In Theater:
Synonym of
one-night stand
(“single evening's performance”)
●
A
kind of
loose
jacket
for men.
Adv
●
Exactly; precisely
Adj
●
Exact;
matched
;
fitting
; precise.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
jump
English
jumpen
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Leap
Spring
Skydive
Flinch
Jerk
Twitch
Skip
Ambush
Hump
Assail
Attack
Rabbit
Flee
Accurately
Just
Exactly
Leaps
Pounce
Beat It
Jump Down
Jump Off
Copulate With
Take Off
One-Night Stand
Slap Bang
Pass Over
Make A Hole
Jump Someone'S Bones
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Hop
Dive
Climb
Move
Bounce
Drop
Fly
Kick
Fall
Swing
Push
Step
Run
Rise
Ride
Rush
Lift
Swim
Shoot
Swoop
Clamber
Surge
Turn
Switch
Plunge
Walk
Break
Throw
Dip
Travel
Pull
Flip
Venture
Roll
Sit
Boost
Spike
Hike
Tumble
Sneak
Shot
Pass
Cut
Come
Slide
Float
Shift
Start
Peak
Hang
Hit
Glide
Increment
Slip
Head
Stumble
Decline
Wander
Raise
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Rhymes
Ump
Rump
Dump
Jump
Bump
Lump
Sump
Tump
Hump
Pump
Trump
Plump
Stump
Whump
Crump
Frump
Slump
Trump
Grump
Clump
Thump
Chump
Gazump
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