jump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: jŭmp
ipa: /d͡ʒʌmp/
ipa: [d͡ʒɐm̥p]
rhymes: -ʌmp
Forms: form: jumps
form: jumping
form: jumped
form: jumped
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: jump
form: jump
form: jumped
form: jump
form: jumpest
form: jumped
form: jumpedst
form: jumps
form: jumpeth
form: jumped
form: jump
form: jumped
form: jump
form: jumped
form: jump
form: -
form: jumping
form: jumped
Etymology: From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gumpōną ~ *gumbōną (“to hop, skip, bounce”), an iterative verb. The OED suggests an imitative origin. Related to jumble. In the sense “to propel oneself” it displaced leap partially and spring largely.
Cognates
Cognate with German Low German jumpen (“to jump”), archaic German gumpen (“to jump, hop, bounce”), dialectal German gampen (“to hop”), Alemannic German gumpe (“to leap, jump”), Walser dialect kumpu, Old Norse gopta (“to jump; make jump”) Danish gumpe (“to jolt”), Swedish gumpa (“to jump”), Danish gimpe (“to move up and down”), Middle English jumpren, jumbren (“to mix, jumble”).
Senses: examples: text: The boy jumped over a fence.
text: Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high.
text: Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square.
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
glosses: To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
examples: text: She is going to jump from the diving board.
glosses: To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
examples: text: to jump a stream
glosses: To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
glosses: To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
examples: text: The sudden sharp sound made me jump.
glosses: To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
examples: text: Share prices jumped by 10% after the company announced record profits.
glosses: To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
examples: text: The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.
glosses: To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
examples: text: I hate it when people jump the queue.
glosses: To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
glosses: To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.
examples: text: The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.
coordinate_terms: ambush
waylay
glosses: To attack suddenly and violently.
examples: text: Harold: How is Sarah? I don't want to jump her while she's on the rag.
ref: 1983, The Big Chill:
glosses: To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
examples: text: The rider jumped the horse over the fence.
glosses: To cause to jump.
glosses: To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
glosses: To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
examples: text: to jump a body with a dangerous physic
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
glosses: To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
topics: arts
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
smithwork
glosses: To join by a buttweld.
glosses: To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
topics: business
mining
quarrying
glosses: To bore with a jumper.
examples: text: [Someone] and Mr. Benfield were at the corner of Elm and Walton Streets when they were approached by Mr. Gray, who asked for help to jump his car. When informed they did not have jumper cables, Mr. Gray asked them to take him to get some.
ref: 2000, United States. Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, Decisions of the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board: Index digest, page 511:
text: […] his wife, who was at home with their children, would drive to school to jump his car; both would drive home;[…]
ref: 2015 January 30, Robert M. Morgan, Janet Turner Parish, George Deitz, Handbook on Research in Relationship Marketing, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 250:
glosses: To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
examples: text: It jumps with my humour.
ref: a. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, act I, scene ii:
text: The fortune of the dice jumpeth not commonly with the fortune of war.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 18:
glosses: To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.
examples: text: When this section is completed, the code generally jumps back to the Exit Section, and the procedure is closed.
ref: 2008, Garry Robinson, Real World Microsoft Access Database Protection and Security:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
examples: text: “It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!”
Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at his skirts.
ref: 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Red-Headed League:
glosses: To flee; to make one's escape.
examples: text: The administration is jumping back from that message.
text: Think hard before you jump towards a particular solution.
glosses: To shift one's position or attitude, especially suddenly and significantly.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To switch locations on chromosomes.
raw_tags: of DNA
glosses: To commit suicide.
Synonyms: sense: propel oneself upwards
word: leap
sense: propel oneself upwards
word: spring
sense: cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall
word: jump down
sense: cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall
word: jump off
sense: employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location
word: skydive
sense: react to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body violently
word: flinch
sense: react to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body violently
word: jerk
sense: react to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body violently
word: jump out of one's skin
sense: react to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body violently
word: leap out of one's skin
sense: react to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body violently
word: twitch
sense: move to a position in a queue/line
word: skip
sense: attack suddenly and violently
word: ambush
word: assail
word: attack
sense: engage in sexual intercourse
word: hump
word: jump someone's bones
word: copulate with
sense: bore with a jumper
word: make a hole
sense: make one's escape
word: beat it
word: rabbit
word: take off
word: flee
Derived terms: ask how high when someone says jump
for the high jump
go jump in the lake
go jump off a building
go jump off a cliff
Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me
Johnny-jump-up
jumpable
jump about
jump a claim
jump all over
jump and dump
jump and run
jump around
jump at
jumpathon
jump at one's own shadow
jump at the chance
jump at the opportunity
jump bail
jump before one is pushed
jump claims
jump cushion
jump-cut
jump down
jump down someone's throat
jumped-up
jumper
jump for joy
jumpform
jumpily
jump in
jump in one's skin
jump into action
jump in with both feet
jump leads
jump off
jump on
jump one's bail
jump on someone's bones
jump on the bandwagon
jump on the boat
jump onto
jump out
jump out at
jump out of one's skin
jump queue
jump rope
jump salty
jump seat
jump ship
jump shot
jump-start
jump suit
jump the dock
jump the gun
jump the lights
jump the line
jump the queue
jump the rattler
jump the reservation
jump the shark
jump through hoops
jump to
jump to conclusions
jump to it
jump up
jump up behind
jump upon
jumpy
outjump
overjump
pump and jump
queue-jump
rejump
which way the cat jumps
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
wait for the cat to jump