Jump Definition

jŭmp
jumped, jumping, jumps
verb
jumped, jumping, jumps
To move oneself suddenly from the ground, etc. by using the leg muscles; leap; spring.
Webster's New World
To propel oneself upward or over a distance in single quick motion or series of such motions.
American Heritage
To parachute from an aircraft.
Webster's New World
To move suddenly and involuntarily, as from fright, surprise, etc.
Webster's New World
To pass suddenly from one thing or topic to another.
Webster's New World
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noun
jumps
A jumping; leap; bound; spring.
Webster's New World
A distance jumped.
Webster's New World
A thing to be jumped over or from, as on a ski jump.
Webster's New World
A structure or course from which a jump is made.
Built a jump out of snow.
American Heritage
A descent from an aircraft by parachute.
Webster's New World
adjective
Designating or of a style of jazz music characterized by recurrent short riffs and a strong, fast beat.
Webster's New World
Of or for parachuting or paratroops.
Webster's New World
(obsolete) Exact; matched; fitting; precise.
Wiktionary
adverb

(obsolete) Exactly; precisely.

Wiktionary
idiom
jump bail
  • To fail to appear in court after having been released on bail.
American Heritage
jump (someone's) bones
  • To have sexual intercourse with someone.
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jump the gun
  • To start doing something too soon.
American Heritage
jump the shark
  • To undergo a sustained decline in quality or popularity.
American Heritage
jump through hoops
  • To make extraordinary efforts, especially in following a prescribed procedure.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Jump

Noun

Singular:
jump
Plural:
jumps

Origin of Jump

  • From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gempaną, *gembaną (“to hop, skip, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *gwʰemb- (“to spring, hop, jump”). Cognate with Old Dutch gumpen (“to jump”), Low German jumpen (“to jump”), Middle High German gumpen, gampen (“to jump, hop”) (dialectal German gampen), Danish gumpe (“to jolt”), Swedish gumpa (“to jump”), Danish gimpe (“to move up and down”), Middle English jumpren, jumbren (“to mix, jumble”). Related to jumble.

    From Wiktionary

  • Early Modern English perhaps imitative of the sound of feet hitting with the ground after jumping Idiom, jump the shark after a 1977 episode of the television series Happy Days in which the character Arthur “the Fonz” Fonzarelli makes a show of bravery by jumping over a shark while on water skis (considered as an improbable and absurd plot incident marking the moment at which the series began to decline)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Compare French jupe (“a long petticoat, a skirt”) and English jupon.

    From Wiktionary

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