Jump

Quick meaning: Jump is a verb meaning (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
2. (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
3. (intransitive) To jerk the body involuntarily in response to a sudden or unexpected stimulus.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
5. (transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
6. (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
7. (intransitive) 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

to jump a stream

The boy jumped over a fence.

That balloon popping made me jump.

She is going to jump from the diving board.

Word Forms

• jumps
• jumping
• jumped
• jumpest
• jumpedst
• jumpeth

Synonyms for jump

Depending on context, synonyms include leap, spring, jump off, skydive, flinch, twitch.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include leap, skip, jumpstart, rise, spring, startle.

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