Jump (Ugly Betty)
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
"He advanced in a series of jumps"
"The jumping was unexpected"
(2) Descent with a parachute
"He had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
(3) A sudden involuntary movement
"He awoke with a start"
(4) (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
(5) An abrupt transition
"A successful leap from college to the major leagues"
(6) A sudden and decisive increase
"A jump in attendance"
verb
(7) Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
(8) Rise in rank or status
"Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
(9) Increase suddenly and significantly
"Prices jumped overnight"
(10) Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
"Leap into fame"
"Jump to a conclusion"
"Jump from one thing to another"
(11) Bypass
"He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
(12) Enter eagerly into
"He jumped into the game"
(13) Make a sudden physical attack on
"The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
(14) Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
(15) Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
"She startled when I walked into the room"
(16) Move forward by leaps and bounds
"The horse bounded across the meadow"
"The child leapt across the puddle"
"Can you jump over the fence?"
(17) Cause to jump or leap
"The trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
(18) Run off or leave the rails
"The train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
(19) Be highly noticeable
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Etymology
Probably from . Akin to Old Dutch , Low German , Danish , , Swedish
Verb
- To propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- The boy jumped over a fence.
- To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
- The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.
- To move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward.
- To attack suddenly and violently.
- The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.
- To force to jump.
- The rider jumped the horse over the fence.
Synonyms
: leap: jump down, jump off: skydive: flinch, jerk, jump out of one's skin, leap out of one's skin, twitchNoun
- An instance of propelling oneself into the air.
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- A jumping move in a board game.
- An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- An early start or an advantage.
- He got a jump on the day because he had laid out everything the night before.
- Their research department gave them the jump on the competition.
Adverb
- exactly; precisely
- "Thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour,
- With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch." - Marcellus, in "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 1, l 64-65