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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
jump n 1: a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" [syn: jump, leap] 2: an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues" [syn: leap, jump, saltation] 3: (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another 4: a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start" [syn: startle, jump, start] 5: descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army" [syn: jump, parachuting] 6: the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected" [syn: jump, jumping] v 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?" [syn: jump, leap, bound, spring] 2: move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room" [syn: startle, jump, start] 3: make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat" 4: increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight" 5: be highly noticeable [syn: leap out, jump out, jump, stand out, stick out] 6: enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game" 7: rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list" [syn: rise, jump, climb up] 8: jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre" [syn: jump, leap, jump off] 9: run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks" [syn: derail, jump] 10: jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute [syn: chute, parachute, jump] 11: cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop" [syn: jump, leap] 12: start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery [syn: jumpstart, jump-start, jump] 13: bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" [syn: jump, pass over, skip, skip over] 14: pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another" [syn: leap, jump] 15: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions [syn: alternate, jump] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
jump \jump\ (j[u^]mp), n. [Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf. juppon.] (a) A kind of loose jacket for men. (b) pl. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
jump \jump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. jumped (j[u^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. jumping.] [Akin to OD. gumpen, dial. G. gumpen, jumpen.] [1913 Webster] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. "The jumping chariots." --Nahum iii. 2. [1913 Webster] A flock of geese jump down together. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with. "It jumps with my humor." --Shak. [1913 Webster] To jump at, to spring to; hence, fig., to accept suddenly or eagerly; as, a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at a chance. [1913 Webster] | ||
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Jump \Jump\, v. t. 1. To pass over by means of a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch. [1913 Webster] 3. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To jump a body with a dangerous physic. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. (Smithwork) (a) To join by a butt weld. (b) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset. [1913 Webster] 5. (Quarrying) To bore with a jumper. [1913 Webster] To jump a claim, to enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation. [Western U. S. & Australia] See Claim, n., 3. To jump one's bail, to abscond while at liberty under bail bonds. [Slang, U. S.] To jump the gun, to begin to run (in a footrace) before the starting gun has fired; hence, (fig.) to begin any activity before the designated starting time. [1913 Webster +PJC] | ||
5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Jump \Jump\, a. Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. [Obs.] "Jump names." --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] | ||
6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Jump \Jump\, adv. Exactly; pat. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] | ||
7. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
jump \jump\ (j[u^]mp), n. same as jump-start, n.. [PJC] | ||
8. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
jump \jump\ (j[u^]mp), v. t. same as jump-start, v. t.. [PJC] | ||
9. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Jump \Jump\, n. 1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. "To advance by jumps." --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Our fortune lies Upon thisjump. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. The space traversed by a leap. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault. [1913 Webster] 5. (Arch.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry. [1913 Webster] 6. A jump-start; as, to get a jump from a passing mmotorist. [PJC] From the jump, from the start or beginning. [Colloq.] Jump joint. (a) A butt joint. (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels. Jump seat. (a) A movable carriage seat. (b) A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat. Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat wagon. [1913 Webster] | ||
10. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Jump-start \Jump"-start`\, n. The action or event of jump-starting. For motor vehicles, the jump-starting of an engine is also called a jump. [PJC] Jump suit | ||
11. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Jupon \Ju*pon"\, Juppon \Jup*pon"\, n. [F. jupon, fr. jupe skirt, Sp. aljuba a Moorish garment, Ar. jubba.] [Written variously jupe, jump, juppo, etc.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A petticoat. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] | ||
12. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) | ||
JUMP JUelich MultiProcessor (IBM) | ||
13. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) | ||
jump | ||
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