jump

/dʒˈʌmp/

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Noun
a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
Noun
an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
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(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
Noun
a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
Noun
descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
Noun
the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
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?"
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move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"
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make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
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increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"
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be highly noticeable
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enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"
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rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
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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"
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run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
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jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
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cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
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start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car''s battery
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bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
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pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"
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go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
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