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

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! 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 Bluegrass, Tin Pan Alley, 1930s jazz, and Broadway musical.
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n. jump, a move in a board game over an opponent's piece (Games-Cards)

(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.
  

<programming> (Or "branch") The term for a goto instruction, usually in a context of machine languages. "Branch" may be synonymous with "jump", or may refer to jumps that depend on a condition.
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