jump

[[t]dʒʌmp[/t]]

v. i.

1) to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap

2) to move suddenly or quickly:

to jump out of bed[/ex]

3) to move or jerk involuntarily, as from shock:

I jumped when the firecracker exploded[/ex]

4) to obey or respond quickly and energetically:

The waiter was told to jump when the captain signaled[/ex]

5) inf Informal. to be full of activity; bustle:

The town is jumping with excitement[/ex]

6) to rise suddenly in amount:

Prices jumped this quarter[/ex]

7) to proceed abruptly, ignoring intervening steps or deliberation:

to jump to a conclusion[/ex]

8) to move haphazardly, aimlessly, abruptly, or after a short period:

to jump from one job to another[/ex]

9) to omit letters, numbers, etc.; skip:

This typewriter jumps[/ex]

10) to parachute from an airplane

11) to take eagerly; seize (often fol. by at):

We jumped at the offer[/ex]

12) to enter into something with vigor (usu. fol. by in or into):

She jumped right into the discussion[/ex]

13) to advance rapidly or abruptly, esp. in rank:

to jump from clerk to manager in six months[/ex]

14) to start a campaign, military attack, etc. (usu. fol. by off)

15) gam chs (in checkers) to move from one side of an opponent's piece to a vacant square on the opposite side, thus capturing the piece

16) gam to make a jump bid in bridge

17) jou (of newspaper copy) to continue on a subsequent page, following intervening copy

18) to leap or spring over:

to jump a stream[/ex]

19) to cause to leap:

to jump a horse over a fence[/ex]

20) to skip or pass over; bypass

21) to elevate, esp. in rank, by causing to skip or pass rapidly through intermediate stages

22) to move past or start before (a signal); anticipate:

The car jumped the red light[/ex]

23) to increase sharply

24) chs to capture (an opponent's piece in checkers) by leaping over

25) to attack or pounce upon without warning, as from ambush:

The gang jumped him in a dark alley[/ex]

26) gam to raise (the bid in bridge) by more than necessary to reach the next bidding level

27) inf to abscond or flee from; skip:

to jump town[/ex]

28) (of trains, trolleys, etc.) to spring off or leave (the track)

29) to get on board hastily:

He jumped a plane for Chicago[/ex]

30) to seize or occupy illegally or forcibly (a mining claim or the like)

31) jou to continue (a newspaper story) from one page to another over intervening copy

32) aum to connect (a dead battery) to a live battery by attaching booster cables between the respective terminals

33) phv jump on, to berate suddenly and severely

34) an act or instance of jumping; leap

35) a space, obstacle, or apparatus that is cleared or to be cleared in a leap

36) a short or hurried journey

37) a descent by parachute from an airplane

38) a sudden rise in amount, price, etc

39) a sudden upward or other movement of an inanimate object

40) an abrupt transition from one point or thing to another, with omission of what intervenes

41) a move or one of a series of moves:

to stay one jump ahead of the police[/ex]

42) spo an athletic contest that features a leap or jump

Compare high jump long jump

43) a sudden start as from nervous excitement

44) chs the act of taking an opponent's piece in checkers by leaping over it to an unoccupied square

45) inf the jumps, nervousness

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- get or have the jump on jump ship

Etymology: 1505–15; of expressive orig.; cf. Dan gumpe to jolt, gimpe to move up and down, Sw gumpa, LG gumpen to jump jump′a•ble, adj. jump′ing•ly, adv.