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jump
v. leap, spring; get up quickly; move suddenly, jerk; act quickly; rush; move ahead rapidly (as in rank or position); suddenly increase; leap onto or into; omit, disregard; attack; leave suddenly; illegally take over another's property
 
n. act of jumping, leap, spring; rapid or sudden increase; sudden upward movement; jerk; hurdle, something that must be leaped over; move; short quick trip; leap made from an airplane with a parachute


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Jump
Jump may refer to:Jumping, the act of propelling oneself into the airJumping, abandoning or leaving, especially hastily or furtivelyA jump start - a colloquial term for a method of starting an automobile with a dead battery. Jump, South Yorkshire, a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, EnglandWeekly Shonen Jump, a manga magazine also known as Shonen JumpJump, Little Children, a band that has at various times gone by the name of "Jump"Jump blues, a musical genre Jump, a genre in electronic music. Originates from Belgium.Jump instruction, a computer programming language instructionJump (film), a 1999 filmJump In!, a Disney Channel Original MovieJump (Alliance-Union universe), a fictional faster-than-light technology used in the Alliance-Union universeJump! is a 1984 album by Van Dyke ParksJump (company), an Israeli clothing/fashion company.Jump! (computer game), a 1987 computer game for Commodore 64 by LoadstarJump (computer science), synonym for BranchJump Records, a record labelJump (U10 Game), A game made by 2SoulDesign for the iRiverJump drive, one of the speculative inventions in science fiction, a method of traveling faster than lightJumpDrive, a common name for a USB flash drive
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Jump!
Jump! is a 1984 album by Van Dyke Parks. The album (and its accompanying children's book) is a retelling of Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus tales.As is his wont, Parks mixes numerous musical styles. On Jump! these include BluegrassTin Pan Alley, 1930s jazz, and Broadway musical.
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jump
Noun
1. a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
(synonym) leap
(hypernym) increase
(hyponym) quantum leap, quantum jump
2. an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
(synonym) leap, saltation
(hypernym) transition
(hyponym) quantum jump
(derivation) rise, climb up
3. (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
(hypernym) transition
(derivation) leap
4. a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
(synonym) startle, start
(hypernym) reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
(hyponym) startle response, startle reaction
(derivation) startle, start
5. descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
(synonym) parachuting
(hypernym) descent
(hyponym) skydiving
(derivation) parachute
6. the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
(synonym) jumping
(hypernym) propulsion, actuation
(hyponym) header
(derivation) leap, bound, spring
Verb
1. move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
(synonym) leap, bound, spring
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) pronk
(see-also) hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
(derivation) jumping
2. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"
(synonym) startle, start
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) shy
(derivation) startle, start
3. make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
(hypernym) assail, assault, set on, attack
4. increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"
(hypernym) wax, mount, climb, rise
(derivation) leap
5. be highly noticeable
(synonym) leap out, jump out, stand out, stick out
(hypernym) look, appear, seem
6. enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"
(hypernym) enter, participate
7. rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
(synonym) rise, climb up
(hypernym) change
(derivation) leap, saltation
8. run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
(synonym) derail
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
9. jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
(synonym) parachute
(hypernym) dive, plunge, plunk
(hyponym) sky dive, skydive
(entail) glide
(derivation) parachuting
10. cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
(synonym) leap
(cause) leap, bound, spring
11. start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car's battery
(synonym) jumpstart, jump-start
(hypernym) start, start up
12. bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
(synonym) pass over, skip, skip over
(hypernym) neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
13. pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"
(synonym) leap
(hypernym) switch, shift, change
14. go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
(synonym) alternate
(hypernym) change, alter, vary


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jump (m)
n. jump, a move in a board game over an opponent's piece (Games-Cards)

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Jump
(a.)
Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.
  
 
(adv.)
Exactly; pat.
  
 
(n.)
A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
  
 
(n.)
A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
  
 
(n.)
A kind of loose jacket for men.
  
 
(n.)
An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
  
 
(n.)
An effort; an attempt; a venture.
  
 
(n.)
The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
  
 
(n.)
The space traversed by a leap.
  
 
(v. i.)
To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with.
  
 
(v. i.)
To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.
  
 
(v. i.)
To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.
  
 
(v. t.)
To bore with a jumper.
  
 
(v. t.)
To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.
  
 
(v. t.)
To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
  
 
(v. t.)
To join by a butt weld.
  
 
(v. t.)
To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.
  
 
(v. t.)
To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
  

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