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Jump   /dʒəmp/   Listen
verb
Jump  v. t.  
1.
To pass over by means of a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.
2.
To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.
3.
To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. (Obs.) "To jump a body with a dangerous physic."
4.
(Smithwork)
(a)
To join by a butt weld.
(b)
To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
5.
(Quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
To jump a claim, to enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation. (Western U. S. & Australia) See Claim, n., 3.
To jump one's bail, to abscond while at liberty under bail bonds. (Slang, U. S.)
To jump the gun, to begin to run (in a footrace) before the starting gun has fired; hence, (fig.) to begin any activity before the designated starting time.


jump  v. t.  Same as jump-start, v. t..


jump  v. i.  (past & past part. jumped; pres. part. jumping)  
1.
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. "Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square."
2.
To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. "The jumping chariots." "A flock of geese jump down together."
3.
To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with. "It jumps with my humor."
To jump at, to spring to; hence, fig., to accept suddenly or eagerly; as, a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at a chance.


noun
jump  n.  
1.
A kind of loose jacket for men.
2.
pl. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.


Jump  n.  
1.
The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. "To advance by jumps."
2.
An effort; an attempt; a venture. (Obs.) "Our fortune lies Upon thisjump."
3.
The space traversed by a leap.
4.
(Mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
5.
(Arch.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
6.
A jump-start; as, to get a jump from a passing mmotorist.
From the jump, from the start or beginning. (Colloq.)
Jump joint.
(a)
A butt joint.
(b)
A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels.
Jump seat.
(a)
A movable carriage seat.
(b)
A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat. Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat wagon.


jump  n.  Same as jump-start, n..


adjective
Jump  adj.  Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. (Obs.) "Jump names."


adverb
Jump  adv.  Exactly; pat. (Obs.)





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"Jump" Quotes from Famous Books



... irreproachable Jap did a very reproachable thing—took smallpox. Now read on before you get excited. HIS ROOM HAS BEEN FUMIGATED, and we have been vaccinated. I am well and happy. I can't be killed in a railway wreck or smashed when the car skids. Unless I drown myself in my bath, or jump through a window, positively nothing can happen to me. So gather up all your maternal anxieties and cast ...
— When a Man Marries • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... keeps its head it will be the better for the successive hurdles which obstructive age, or even middle-age, puts in its path. A few stumbles will teach it care in approaching the next jump. ...
— Success (Second Edition) • Max Aitken Beaverbrook
... on, and together they turned past the large pavilion. Pao-yue was, however, still labouring under suspicion, when he heard, from the corner of the wall, a loud outburst of laughter. Upon turning his head round, he caught sight of Hsueeh P'an jump out, clapping his hands. "Hadn't I said that my uncle wanted you?" he laughed. "Would you ever have rushed out ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin
... of Perseigne, hired a lodging there, and remained several months. But he was continually at loggerheads with the monks. Their garden was separate from his only by a thick hedge; their fowls could jump over it. He laid the blame upon the monks, and one day caught as many of their fowls as he could; cut off their beaks and their spurs with a cleaver, and threw them back again over the hedge. This was cruelty so marked that I could not ...
— Marguerite de Navarre - Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois Queen of Navarre • Marguerite de Navarre
... the Lone Little Path from the Green Forest. Peter was happy. He didn't know why. He just was happy. It was in the air. Everybody else seemed happy, too. Peter had to stop every few minutes just to kick up his heels and try to jump over his own shadow. He had felt just that way ever since gentle Sister ...
— The Adventures of Johnny Chuck • Thornton W. Burgess


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