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JUMP

Definition:

1. [noun] a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
   Synonyms: leap
   
   
2. [noun] an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
   Synonyms: leap, saltation
   
   
3. [noun] (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
   
   
4. [noun] a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
   Synonyms: startle, start
   
   
5. [noun] descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
   Synonyms: parachuting
   
   
6. [noun] the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
   Synonyms: ing
   
   
7. [verb] move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
   Synonyms: leap, bound, spring
   
   
8. [verb] move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"
   Synonyms: startle, start
   
   
9. [verb] make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
   
   
10. [verb] increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"
    
    
11. [verb] be highly noticeable
    Synonyms: leap out, out, stand out, stick out
    
    
12. [verb] enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"
    
    
13. [verb] rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
    Synonyms: rise, climb up
    
    
14. [verb] run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
    Synonyms: derail
    
    
15. [verb] jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
    Synonyms: parachute
    
    
16. [verb] cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
    Synonyms: leap
    
    
17. [verb] start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car's battery
    Synonyms: start, -start
    
    
18. [verb] bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
    Synonyms: pass over, skip, skip over
    
    
19. [verb] pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"
    Synonyms: leap
    
    
20. [verb] go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
    Synonyms: alternate
    
    

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Related Words:

• pronk
• bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
• burst
• bounce
• capriole
• galumph
• ski jump
• saltate
• vault
• leapfrog
• vault, overleap
• curvet
• hop, skip, hop-skip
• caper
• hop
• shy
• boggle
• rear back
• sky dive, skydive
• quantum leap, quantum jump
• quantum jump
• startle response, startle reaction
• startle reflex, Moro reflex
• wince, flinch
• skydiving
• header
• hop
• leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce
• vault, hurdle
• jumping up and down
• capriole

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