English Explanatory Dictionary

jump

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
  2. To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
  3. To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
  4. To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
  5. To jerk the body involuntarily in response to a sudden or unexpected stimulus.
  6. To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
  7. 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.
  8. To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
  9. To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.
  10. To attack suddenly and violently.
  11. To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
  12. To cause to jump.
noun
  1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
  2. An effort; an attempt; a venture.
  3. A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
  4. An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
  5. An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
  6. An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
  7. An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
  8. An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
  9. An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
  10. A jumping move in a board game.
  11. A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
  12. An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
adv
  1. Exactly; precisely
adj
  1. Exact; matched; fitting; precise.
noun
  1. A kind of loose jacket for men.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

jŭmp /d͡ʒʌmp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-jump.wav en-us-jump.ogg /d͡ʒʊmp/

Word forms

jump jumps jumping jumped no-table-tags glossary jumpest jumpedst jumpeth more jump most jump

Etymology

From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gumpōną ~ *gumbōną (“to hop, skip, bounce”), an iterative verb. The OED suggests an imitative origin. Related to jumble. In the sense “to propel oneself” it displaced leap partially and spring largely. Cognates Cognate with German Low German jumpen (“to jump”), archaic German gumpen (“to jump, hop, bounce”), dialectal German gampen (“to hop”), Alemannic German gumpe (“to leap, jump”), Walser dialect kumpu, Old Norse gopta (“to jump; make jump”) Danish gumpe (“to jolt”), Swedish gumpa (“to jump”), Danish gimpe (“to move up and down”), Middle English jumpren, jumbren (“to mix, jumble”).

Synonyms

assail jump someone's bones rabbit take off leap spring jump down jump off skydive flinch jump out of one's skin leap out of one's skin twitch start startle reflex skip ambush hump beat it jerk one-night stand accurately just slap bang

Related words

jumper jumps

Derived words

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