Jump
English Meaning
A kind of loose jacket for men.
- To spring off the ground or other base by a muscular effort of the legs and feet.
- To move suddenly and in one motion: jumped out of bed.
- To move involuntarily, as in surprise: jumped when the phone rang.
- To parachute from an aircraft.
- Informal To move quickly; hustle: Jump when I give you an order.
- To take prompt advantage; respond quickly: jump at a bargain.
- To enter eagerly into an activity; plunge: jumped into the race for the nomination.
- To begin or start. Often used with off: The project jumped off with great enthusiasm.
- To form an opinion or judgment hastily: jump to conclusions.
- To make a sudden verbal attack; lash out: jumped at me for being late.
- To undergo a sudden and pronounced increase: Prices jumped in October.
- To rise suddenly in position or rank: jumped over two others with more seniority.
- To move discontinuously or change after a short period: jumps from one subject to another; jumped from one job to another.
- To be displaced by a sudden jerk: The phonograph needle jumped.
- To be displaced vertically or laterally because of improper alignment: The film jumped during projection.
- Computer Science To move from one set of instructions in a program to another out of sequence.
- Games To move over an opponent's playing piece in a board game.
- Games To make a jump bid in bridge.
- Slang To be lively; bustle: a disco that really jumps.
- To leap over or across: jump a fence.
- To leap onto: jump a bus.
- Slang To spring upon in sudden attack; assault or ambush: Muggers jumped him in the park.
- To move or start prematurely before: jumped the starting signal.
- To cause to leap: jump a horse over a fence.
- To cause to increase suddenly: shortages that jumped milk prices by several cents.
- To pass over; skip: The typewriter jumped a space.
- To raise in rank or position; promote.
- Games To move a piece over (an opponent's piece) in a board game, often thereby capturing the opponent's piece.
- Games To raise (a partner's bid) in bridge by more than is necessary.
- To jump-start (a motor vehicle).
- To leave (a course), especially through mishap: The train jumped the rails.
- Slang To leave hastily; skip: jumped town a step ahead of the police.
- Slang To leave (an organization, for example) suddenly or in violation of an agreement: jumped the team and signed with a rival club.
- To seize or occupy illegally: jump a mining claim.
- To forfeit (bail) by failing to appear in court.
- Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.
- The act of jumping; a leap.
- The distance covered by a jump: a jump of seven feet.
- An obstacle or span to be jumped.
- A structure or course from which a jump is made: built a jump out of snow.
- A descent from an aircraft by parachute.
- Sports Any of several track-and-field events in which contestants jump.
- Informal An initial competitive advantage; a head start: got the jump on the other newspapers.
- Informal Energy or quickness: "We got off to a slow start. We didn't have any jump, and when we did get things going, we were too far behind” ( John LeClair).
- A sudden pronounced rise, as in price or salary.
- An impressive promotion.
- A step or level: managed to stay a jump ahead.
- A sudden or major transition, as from one career or subject to another.
- A short trip.
- One in a series of moves and stopovers, as with a circus or road show.
- Games A move in a board game over an opponent's piece.
- Computer Science A movement from one set of instructions to another.
- An involuntary nervous movement; a start.
- A condition of nervousness. Often used with the.
- A jump-start of a motor vehicle.
- Vulgar Slang An act of sexual intercourse.
- jump (someone's) bones Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with someone.
- jump the gun To start doing something too soon.
- jump through hoops To make extraordinary efforts, especially in following a prescribed procedure.