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jump - 22 definitions

- noun
1. jump -- a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
synonyms: leap
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. leap -- an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
synonyms: leap, saltation
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. jump -- (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. startle -- a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
synonyms: startle, start
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. jump -- descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
synonyms: parachuting
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. jump -- the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
synonyms: jumping
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- verb
7. jump -- move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
synonyms: leap, bound, spring
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. startle -- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"
synonyms: startle, start
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. jump -- make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
10. jump -- increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
11. leap out -- be highly noticeable
synonyms: leap out, jump out, stand out, stick out
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
12. jump -- enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
13. rise -- rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
synonyms: rise, climb up
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
14. jump -- jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
synonyms: leap, jump off
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
15. derail -- run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
synonyms: derail
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
16. chute -- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
synonyms: chute, parachute
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
17. jump -- cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
synonyms: leap
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
18. jumpstart -- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
synonyms: jumpstart, jump-start
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
19. jump -- bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
synonyms: pass over, skip, skip over
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
20. leap -- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"
synonyms: leap
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
21. alternate -- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
synonyms: alternate
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
22. jump, jumps -- to spring off the ground
synonyms: jumps, jumped, jumping, jumpable
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
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