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English Dictionary: jump by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jump
n
  1. a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
    Synonym(s): jump, leap
  2. an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
    Synonym(s): leap, jump, saltation
  3. (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
  4. a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
    Synonym(s): startle, jump, start
  5. descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
    Synonym(s): jump, parachuting
  6. the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
    Synonym(s): jump, jumping
v
  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?"
    Synonym(s): jump, leap, bound, spring
  2. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"
    Synonym(s): startle, jump, start
  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
    Synonym(s): leap out, jump out, jump, 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"
    Synonym(s): rise, jump, climb up
  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"
    Synonym(s): jump, leap, jump off
  9. run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
    Synonym(s): derail, jump
  10. jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
    Synonym(s): chute, parachute, jump
  11. cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
    Synonym(s): jump, leap
  12. start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
    Synonym(s): jumpstart, jump-start, jump
  13. bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
    Synonym(s): jump, 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"
    Synonym(s): leap, jump
  15. go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
    Synonym(s): alternate, jump
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jump \Jump\, n. [Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf.
      {Juppon}.]
      (a) A kind of loose jacket for men.
      (b) pl. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th
            century.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jump \Jump\, n.
      1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. [bd]To
            advance by jumps.[b8] --Locke.
  
      2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.]
  
                     Our fortune lies Upon thisjump.         -- Shak.
  
      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.
  
      {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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jump \Jump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Jumping}.] [Akin to OD. gumpen, dial. G. gumpen, jumpen.]
      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.                        -- Shak.
  
      2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. [bd]The
            jumping chariots.[b8] --Nahum iii. 2.
  
                     A flock of geese jump down together.   -- Dryden.
  
      3. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by
            with. [bd]It jumps with my humor.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jump \Jump\, a.
      Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. [Obs.] [bd]Jump
      names.[b8] --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jump \Jump\, adv.
      Exactly; pat.[Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jump \Jump\, v. t.
      1. To pass by 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. -- Shak.
  
      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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jupon \Ju*pon"\, Juppon \Jup*pon"\, n. [F. jupon, fr. jupe
      skirt, Sp. aljuba a Moorish garment, Ar. jubba.] [Written
      variously {jupe}, {jump}, {juppo}, etc.]
      1. A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th
            century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips.
            --Dryden.
  
      2. A petticoat. --Halliwell.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   jump
  
      (Or "branch") The term for a {goto} instruction,
      usually in a context of {machine languages}.   "Branch" may be
      synonymous with "jump", or may refer to jumps that depend on a
      condition.
  
      (1998-11-14)
  
  
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