jump meaning and definition

JUMP noun

Definition of jump (noun)

1. a sudden and decisive increase
   • "a jump in attendance"
   • synonyms: leap
2. an abrupt transition
   • "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
   • synonyms: leap, saltation
3. (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
4. a sudden involuntary movement
   • "he awoke with a start"
   • synonyms: start, startle
5. descent with a parachute
   • "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
   • synonyms: parachuting
6. the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
   • "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
   • synonyms: jumping

JUMP verb

Definition of jump (verb)

1. 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: bound, leap, spring
2. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
   • "She startled when I walked into the room"
   • synonyms: start, startle
3. make a sudden physical attack on
   • "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
4. increase suddenly and significantly
   • "Prices jumped overnight"
5. be highly noticeable
   • synonyms: jump out, leap out, stand out, stick out
6. enter eagerly into
   • "He jumped into the game"
7. rise in rank or status
   • "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
   • synonyms: climb up, rise
8. 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"
   • synonyms: jump off, leap
9. run off or leave the rails
   • "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
   • synonyms: derail
10. jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
    • synonyms: chute, parachute
11. cause to jump or leap
    • "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
    • synonyms: leap
12. start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
    • synonyms: jumpstart, jump-start
13. bypass
    • "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
    • synonyms: pass over, skip, skip over
14. pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
    • "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"
    • synonyms: leap
15. go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
    • synonyms: alternate