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jump all over

Variant of jump

intransitive verb

  1. to move oneself suddenly from the ground, etc. by using the leg muscles; leap; spring
  2. to be moved with a jerk; bob; bounce
  3. to parachute from an aircraft
  4. to move, act, or react energetically or eagerly: often with at
  5. to move suddenly and involuntarily, as from fright, surprise, etc.
  6. to pass suddenly from one thing or topic to another
  7. to rise suddenly: prices have jumped
  8. to break in continuity of action, as a film image, because of faulty alignment of the film
  9. Slang to be lively and animated: the party was jumping
  10. Bridge to make a jump bid
  11. Checkers to move a piece over an opponent's piece, thus capturing it
  12. Comput. to continue at an instruction in another part of the program by means of a jump ()

transitive verb

    1. to leap over
    2. to pass over; skip
  1. to cause to leap: to jump a horse over a fence
  2. ☆ to advance (a person) to a higher rank or position, esp. by bypassing intervening ranks
  3. ☆ to leap upon; spring aboard
  4. to cause (prices, etc.) to rise suddenly
  5. ☆ to bypass (an electrical component, esp. a weak battery on a vehicle)
  6. Informal to attack suddenly as from hiding
  7. Informal to react to prematurely, in anticipation: to jump a traffic light
  8. Slang to leave suddenly or without permission: to jump town, jump ship
  9. Bridge to raise (the bid) by making a jump bid
  10. Checkers to capture (an opponent's piece) by jumping
  11. Journalism to continue (a story) on another page

noun

  1. a jumping; leap; bound; spring
  2. a distance jumped
  3. a descent from an aircraft by parachute
  4. a thing to be jumped over or from, as on a ski jump
  5. a sudden transition
  6. a sudden rise, as in prices
  7. a sudden, nervous start or jerk; twitch
  8. Slang chorea; also, delirium tremens: usually with the
  9. Athletics a contest in jumping: the high jump, the long jump
  10. Bridge jump bid
  11. Checkers a move by which an opponent's piece is jumped and captured
  12. Comput. a program instruction that causes an instruction in another part of the program to be the next executed
  13. Journalism a line telling on, or from, what page a story is continued

adjective

  1. designating or of a style of jazz music characterized by recurrent short riffs and a strong, fast beat
  2. of or for parachuting or paratroops

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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