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• jump — vb Jump, leap, spring, bound, vault are comparable as verbs meaning to move suddenly through space by or as if by muscular action and as nouns designating an instance of such movement through space. All of these terms apply primarily to the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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• Jump — Jump, n. 1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. To advance by jumps. Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Our fortune lies Upon thisjump. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. The space traversed by a leap …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Jump — Jump, v. t. 1. To pass over by means of a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch. [1913 Webster] 3. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. [Obs.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Jump joint — Jump Jump, n. 1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. To advance by jumps. Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Our fortune lies Upon thisjump. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. The space traversed by a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Jump seat — Jump Jump, n. 1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. To advance by jumps. Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Our fortune lies Upon thisjump. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. The space traversed by a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Jump Start (comic) — Jump Start is a daily comic strip by cartoonist Robb Armstrong. Armstong attended Syracuse University, where in 1982 he created a popular comic strip in the student newspaper The Daily Orange . That strip was called Hector and its main characters …   Wikipedia