jump

B2
Pronunciation
/dʒʌmp/
/dʒʌmp/
Noun
21 definition(s)
1 Definition

The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.

2 Definition

An effort; an attempt; a venture.

3 Definition

A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

4 Definition

An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

5 Definition

An instance of propelling oneself upwards.

Example Sentences
  • The boy took a skip and a jump down the lane.
6 Definition

An object which causes one to jump, a ramp.

Example Sentences
  • He went off a jump.
7 Definition

An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.

Example Sentences
  • There were a couple of jumps from the bridge.
8 Definition

An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.

Example Sentences
  • She was terrified before the jump, but was thrilled to be skydiving.
9 Definition

An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.

10 Definition

A jumping move in a board game.

Example Sentences
  • the knight's jump in chess
11 Definition

A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).

Example Sentences
  • Press jump to start.
12 Definition

An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.

Example Sentences
  • Heartless managed the scale the first jump but fell over the second.
13 Definition

(with on) An early start or an advantage.

Example Sentences
  • He got a jump on the day because he had laid out everything the night before.
14 Definition

A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.

15 Definition

An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.

16 Definition

A change of the path of execution to a different location.

17 Definition

Short for jump-start.

Example Sentences
  • My car won't start. Could you give me a jump?
18 Definition

An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening.

19 Definition

A single sexual encounter between two individuals, where at least one of the partners has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship. As the phrase implies, the relationship lasts for only one night.

Synonyms
pump and dump wham bam thank you ma'am
20 Definition

Either of the two partners involved in such a single sexual encounter.

21 Definition

A kind of loose jacket for men.

Verb
21 definition(s)
1 Definition

To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.

Example Sentences
  • Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high.
2 Definition

To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.

Example Sentences
  • She is going to jump from the diving board.
3 Definition

To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.

Example Sentences
  • to jump a stream
4 Definition

To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.

5 Definition

To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.

Example Sentences
  • The sudden sharp sound made me jump.
6 Definition

To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.

Example Sentences
  • Share prices jumped by 10% after the company announced record profits.
7 Definition

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.

Example Sentences
  • The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.
8 Definition

To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.

Example Sentences
  • I hate it when people jump the queue.
9 Definition

To attack suddenly and violently.

Example Sentences
  • The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.
10 Definition

To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).

11 Definition

To cause to jump.

Example Sentences
  • The rider jumped the horse over the fence.
12 Definition

To move the distance between two opposing subjects.

13 Definition

To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.

14 Definition

To increase speed aggressively and without warning.

15 Definition

To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.

16 Definition

(smithwork) To join by a buttweld.

17 Definition

To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.

18 Definition

(quarrying) To bore with a jumper.

19 Definition

To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.

20 Definition

To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.

21 Definition

To flee; to make one's escape.

Adjective
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Exact; matched; fitting; precise.

Adverb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Exactly; precisely