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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

• jump — jumpable, adj. jumpingly, adv. /jump/, v.i. 1. to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window. 2. to rise suddenly or quickly: He jumped from his seat when she entered …   Universalium

• jump — /dʒʌmp / (say jump) verb (i) 1. to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; propel oneself forwards, backwards, upwards, or downwards; leap. 2. to move or go quickly: she jumped into a taxi. 3. to rise suddenly or… …  

• jump — v. & n. v. 1 intr. move off the ground or other surface (usu. upward, at least initially) by sudden muscular effort in the legs. 2 intr. (often foll. by up, from, in, out, etc.) move suddenly or hastily in a specified way (we jumped into the car) …   Useful english dictionary

• jump — [[t]dʒʌmp[/t]] v. i. 1) to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap 2) to move suddenly or quickly: to jump out of bed[/ex] 3) to move or jerk involuntarily, as from shock: I jumped when the firecracker… …   From formal English to slang

• jump — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. hop, leap, bound, spring, vault; start, twitch, jerk. See excitability. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A leap up or across] Syn. skip, hop, leap, hopping, rise, upsurge, rising, pounce, lunge, leaping,… …   English dictionary for students

• jump — 1. verb /dʒʌmp/ a) To propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. The boy jumped over a fence. b) To cause oneself to leave a …   Wiktionary

• jump — dÊ’ÊŒmp n. act of jumping, leap, spring; rapid or sudden increase; sudden upward movement; jerk; hurdle, something that must be leaped over; move; short quick trip; leap made from an airplane with a parachute v. leap, spring; get up quickly; move …   English contemporary dictionary

• ski jump — I noun a steep downward ramp from which skiers jump • Hypernyms: ↑ramp, ↑incline II verb jump on skis • Derivationally related forms: ↑ski jumping • Top …   Useful english dictionary

• Gilli-danda — The boy on left is about to strike the gilli with the danda, while the one on right is fielding. Gilli Danda (Urdu: گلی ڈنڈا, Devanagari: गिल्ली डण्डा) is an amateur sport played in the rural areas and small towns all over the Indian subcontinent …   Wikipedia

• Stripper well — The top ten US stripper well states. A stripper well or marginal well is an oil or gas well that is nearing the end of its economically useful life. In the United States of America a stripper gas well is defined by the Interstate Oil and Gas… …   Wikipedia