Defenition of the word jump

• Defenition of the word jump

  • An instance of jumping.
  • To propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
  • go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
  • of trains
  • in films: a transition from one scene to another
  • increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"
  • enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"
  • make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
  • the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
  • a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
  • cause to jump or leap, as of a trained animal
  • move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
  • descent with a parachute
  • bypass; "He skippped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
  • of car engines
  • an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
  • pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"
  • be highly noticeable
  • rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
  • a sudden involuntary movement: "he awoke with a start"
  • move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"
  • descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
  • a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
  • (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
  • bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
  • start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car''s battery
  • cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
  • jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
  • run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
  • the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
  • a sudden involuntary movement
  • an abrupt transition
  • a sudden and decisive increase
  • rise in rank or status
  • increase suddenly and significantly
  • pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
  • bypass
  • enter eagerly into
  • make a sudden physical attack on
  • start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
  • move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
  • move forward by leaps and bounds
  • cause to jump or leap
  • run off or leave the rails
  • jump down from an elevated point

Synonyms for the word jump

• • alternate
  • be frightened
  • be startled
  • be surprised
  • bound
  • caper
  • climb up
  • derail
  • flinch
  • fly
  • get a fright
  • hop
  • hurdle
  • jar
  • jerk
  • jig
  • jolt
  • jump out
  • jumping
  • jumpstart
  • leap
  • leap out
  • lurch
  • parachuting
  • pass over
  • recoil
  • rise
  • run off the rails
  • shoot
  • skip
  • skip over
  • soar
  • spring
  • stand out
  • start
  • startle
  • vault

Similar words in the jump

• • bestride
  • climb on
  • get on
  • hop on
  • jump
  • jump on
  • jump out
  • jumper
  • jumper's
  • jumpers
  • jumpier
  • jumpiest
  • jumpiness
  • jumpiness's
  • jumps
  • jumpsuit
  • jumpsuits
  • jumpy
  • leap out
  • mount
  • mount up
  • stand out

Hyponyms for the word jump

• • boggle
  • bounce
  • bound
  • burst
  • caper
  • capriole
  • curvet
  • flinch
  • galumph
  • header
  • hop
  • hop-skip
  • hurdle
  • jackrabbit
  • jumping up and down
  • leap
  • leapfrog
  • leaping
  • Moro reflex
  • overleap
  • pronk
  • quantum jump
  • quantum leap
  • rear back
  • rebound
  • recoil
  • resile
  • reverberate
  • ricochet
  • saltate
  • saltation
  • shy
  • ski jump
  • skip
  • sky dive
  • skydive
  • skydiving
  • spring
  • startle reaction
  • startle reflex
  • startle response
  • take a hop
  • vault
  • wince

Hypernyms for the word jump

• • actuation
  • alter
  • appear
  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • change
  • climb
  • descent
  • dive
  • drop
  • enter
  • go
  • go up
  • inborn reflex
  • increase
  • innate reflex
  • instinctive reflex
  • leave out
  • locomote
  • look
  • miss
  • mount
  • move
  • neglect
  • omit
  • overleap
  • overlook
  • participate
  • physiological reaction
  • plunge
  • plunk
  • pretermit
  • propulsion
  • reflex
  • reflex action
  • reflex response
  • rise
  • seem
  • set on
  • shift
  • start
  • start up
  • surname
  • switch
  • transition
  • travel
  • unconditioned reflex
  • vary
  • wax

Idioms for the word jump

• • conditional jump
  • unconditional jump

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