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Jump

verb

(past & past part. jumped; pres. part. jumping)

1.

Move forward by leaps and bounds. Synonyms: bound, leap, spring. "The child leapt across the puddle" , "Can you jump over the fence?"

2.

Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm. Synonyms: start, startle.

3.

Make a sudden physical attack on.

4.

Increase suddenly and significantly.

5.

Be highly noticeable. Synonyms: jump out, leap out, stand out, stick out.

6.

Enter eagerly into.

7.

Rise in rank or status. Synonyms: climb up, rise.

8.

Jump down from an elevated point. Synonyms: jump off, leap. "Every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge" , "The widow leapt into the funeral pyre"

9.

Run off or leave the rails. Synonym: derail.

10.

Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute. Synonyms: chute, parachute.

11.

Cause to jump or leap. Synonym: leap.

12.

Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery. Synonyms: jump-start, jumpstart.

13.

Bypass. Synonyms: pass over, skip, skip over.

14.

Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another. Synonym: leap. "Jump to a conclusion" , "Jump from one thing to another"

15.

Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions. Synonym: alternate.

noun

1.

A sudden and decisive increase. Synonym: leap.

2.

An abrupt transition. Synonyms: leap, saltation.

3.

(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another.

4.

A sudden involuntary movement. Synonyms: start, startle.

5.

Descent with a parachute. Synonym: parachuting.

6.

The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground. Synonym: jumping. "The jumping was unexpected"

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