Definition of Jump

  • (n.) A kind of loose jacket for men.
  • (n.) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
  • (v. i.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.
  • (v. i.) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with.
  • (v. t.) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.
  • (v. t.) To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.
  • (v. t.) To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
  • (v. t.) To join by a butt weld.
  • (v. t.) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
  • (v. t.) To bore with a jumper.
  • (n.) The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
  • (n.) An effort; an attempt; a venture.
  • (n.) The space traversed by a leap.
  • (n.) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
  • (n.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
  • (a.) Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.
  • (adv.) Exactly; pat.

Antonyms of Jump


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Homophones of Jump


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