jump
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. (obsolete) Exact; matched; fitting; precise.
adverb
1. (obsolete) exactly; precisely
noun
1. a sudden and decisive increase
- a jump in attendance
Similar word(s): leap
Definition categories: event, increase
2. an abrupt transition
Similar word(s): leap, saltation
Definition categories: event, transition
3. (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
Definition categories: communication, transition
4. a sudden involuntary movement
Similar word(s): start, startle
Definition categories: act, reflex
5. descent with a parachute
Similar word(s): parachuting
Definition categories: act, descent
6. the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
- he advanced in a series of jumps
- the jumping was unexpected
Similar word(s): jumping
Definition categories: act, actuation, propulsion
Sentences with jump as a noun:
- The boy took a skip and a jump down the lane.
- There were a couple of jumps from the bridge.
- She was terrified before the jump, but was thrilled to be skydiving.
- the knight's jump in chess
- Press jump to start.
- Heartless managed the scale the first jump but fell over the second.
- He got a jump on the day because he had laid out everything the night before.
- Their research department gave them the jump on the competition.
verb
1. move forward by leaps and bounds
- Can you jump over the fence?
Similar word(s): bound, leap, spring
Definition categories: motion, move
2. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
Similar word(s): start, startle
Definition categories: motion, move
3. make a sudden physical attack on
- The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat
Definition categories: competition, assail, assault, attack
4. increase suddenly and significantly
- Prices jumped overnight
Definition categories: change, climb, mount, rise, wax
5. be highly noticeable
Definition categories: stative, appear, look, seem
6. enter eagerly into
- He jumped into the game
Definition categories: competition, enter, participate
7. rise in rank or status
- Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
Similar word(s): rise
Definition categories: change
8. jump down from an elevated point
- the parachutist didn't want to jump
- every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge
Similar word(s): leap
Definition categories: motion, move
9. run off or leave the rails
Similar word(s): derail
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
10. jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
Similar word(s): chute, parachute
Definition categories: motion, dive, plunge, plunk
11. cause to jump or leap
- the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop
Similar word(s): leap
Definition categories: motion
12. start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
Similar word(s): jumpstart
Definition categories: motion, start
13. bypass
Similar word(s): skip
Definition categories: cognition, drop, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit
14. pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- jump to a conclusion
- jump from one thing to another
Similar word(s): leap
Definition categories: change, shift, switch
15. go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
Similar word(s): alternate
Definition categories: change, alter, vary
Sentences with jump as a verb:
- The boy jumped over a fence.
- Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high.
- She is going to jump from the diving board.
- to jump a stream
- The sudden sharp sound made me jump.
- The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.
- I hate it when people jump the queue.
- The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.
- The rider jumped the horse over the fence.