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jump
  1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
  2. An effort; an attempt; a venture.
  3. (mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
  4. (architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
  5. An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
  6. An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
  7. An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
  8. An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
  9. A jumping move in a board game.
  10. A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
  11. (sports, horses) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
  12. (with on) An early start or an advantage.
  13. (mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
  14. (science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
  15. (computing) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
  16. Synonyms:
      17. leap, skip, bound, hop, spring, vault, bounce, bob, buck, caper, capriole, hopping, leapfrog, leapfrogging, leaping, skipping, upspring, curvet, hurdle, prance, gambol, gambado, frolic, lunge, fly, rise, step, clearance, antic, entrechat, ascension, dance, pounce, pole vault, gambade, saltation, recoil, movement, launch, jig, cavort, flit, bop, rock, sway, whirl, spin, tread, strut, cakewalk … more
  17. Examples:
      18. “A little finagling with the latch, then a quick jump to catch the top of the door, and it swung open without a struggle or a noise.”
      “The stunt involves a jump from a twenty-foot ledge into a pool of water below.”
      “The company reported a twelve percent jump in profits compared to the previous financial year.”
jumper
  1. Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
  2. A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
  3. A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire.
  4. A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
  5. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.
  6. (US) A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
  7. (arachnology, informal) A jumping spider
  8. The larva of the cheese fly.
  9. (historical, 18th century) One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
  10. (horology) A spring to impel the star wheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
  11. (basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
  12. A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
  13. Synonyms:
      14. pullover, sweater, jersey, top, cardigan, wooly, woolly, sweatshirt, turtleneck, hoodie, slipover, guernsey, cardy, cardie, cardi, shrug, raglan, perspirer, maillot, shirt, bunny hug, blouse, polo, kangaroo jacket, T-shirt, sweater vest, kangaroo, chemise, sark, tunic, hooded sweatshirt, sweat shirt, hurdler, athlete, showjumper, steeplechaser, high jumper, long jumper … more
  14. Examples:
      15. “I'm sure that I saw Jack put a black beret and a striped jumper into his overnight bag.”
      “The lifting technique must be synchronized with the jumper's jump, and the lifters must have good communication with each other and the jumper to ensure a successful lift.”
jumper
  1. (chiefly Britain, Australia) A woolen sweater or pullover.
  2. A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
  3. A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children.
  4. (usually as jumpers) Rompers.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. pullover, sweater, jersey, top, cardigan, wooly, woolly, sweatshirt, turtleneck, hoodie, slipover, guernsey, cardy, cardie, cardi, shrug, raglan, perspirer, maillot, shirt, bunny hug, blouse, polo, kangaroo jacket, T-shirt, sweater vest, kangaroo, chemise, sark, tunic, hooded sweatshirt, sweat shirt, hurdler, athlete, showjumper, steeplechaser, high jumper, long jumper … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “I'm sure that I saw Jack put a black beret and a striped jumper into his overnight bag.”
      “The lifting technique must be synchronized with the jumper's jump, and the lifters must have good communication with each other and the jumper to ensure a successful lift.”
jumpstyle
  1. A European genre of frenetic electronic music accompanied by a jumping dance.
jumpmaster
  1. One who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists from an aeroplane.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Michael O'Mahony is a former tent rigger for the Big Apple Circus and the jumpmaster for this after-midnight guerrilla bungee-jumping expedition.”
      “He was certified as an Army Ranger master parachutist and free-fall jumpmaster.”
jumpathon
  1. (informal) A charity fundraising event involving jumping (typically trampolining or skydiving).
jumps
  1. (fashion) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. jitters, anxiety, butterflies, willies, nerves, apprehension, shakes, nervousness, disquiet, uneasiness, worry, shivers, disquietude, agitation, fear, tenseness, dither, restlessness, tension, creeps, perturbation, jimjams, edginess, jitteriness, anxiousness, yips, jumpiness, stress, collywobbles, fretfulness, abdabs, fidgets, worriment, fright, twitchiness, habdabs, turbulence, flap, fuss, trembling, excitability, fluster, tizzy, touchiness, fidgeting, shaking, discomfiture, timidity, dithers, moodiness … more
jumpiness
  1. The state of being jumpy.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. anxiety, restiveness, nervousness, agitation, edginess, jitteriness, uneasiness, skittishness, flightiness, fidgetiness, apprehensiveness, fidgets, restlessness, nerves, jitters, disquiet, tenseness, tension, fretfulness, disquietude, twitchiness, apprehension, unease, turbulence, antsiness, worry, willies, shakes, concern, heebie-jeebies, excitability, yips, collywobbles, unrest, abdabs, habdabs, butterflies, fitfulness, stress, jim-jams, disturbance, unsettledness, screaming abdabs, jumps, nerviness, inquietude, worriment, fear, perturbation, Joe Blakes … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “With Kylie in a constant state of jittery jumpiness, David confides in Eva that he's worried about her.”
      “Isn't that jabbing masculine jerkiness, that anti-plateau jumpiness, what is so much of a turn-off about Prog?”
      “I couldn't concentrate on anything, the jumpiness in my stomach a constant distraction.”
jump
  1. A kind of loose jacket for men.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. leap, skip, bound, hop, spring, vault, bounce, bob, buck, caper, capriole, hopping, leapfrog, leapfrogging, leaping, skipping, upspring, curvet, hurdle, prance, gambol, gambado, frolic, lunge, fly, rise, step, clearance, antic, entrechat, ascension, dance, pounce, pole vault, gambade, saltation, recoil, movement, launch, jig, cavort, flit, bop, rock, sway, whirl, spin, tread, strut, cakewalk … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A little finagling with the latch, then a quick jump to catch the top of the door, and it swung open without a struggle or a noise.”
      “The stunt involves a jump from a twenty-foot ledge into a pool of water below.”
      “The company reported a twelve percent jump in profits compared to the previous financial year.”
jumping
  1. The act of performing a jump.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. attack, assault, bashing, beating, violence, aggression, harm, punching, abuse, offence, offense, assaulting, impugnment, knocking, vilification, whacking, buffeting, flogging, mauling, pasting, slugging, violation, whipping, battery, belting, boxing, lashing, oppression, thumping, thwacking, totalling, totaling, battering, drubbing, hammering, mugging, rout, bludgeoning, denigration, pelting, plastering, slapping, walloping, cuffing, kicking, licking, pounding, rape, shellacking, thrashing … more
jumpmasters
  1. plural of jumpmaster
jumpathons
  1. plural of jumpathon
jumpinesses
  1. plural of jumpiness
  2. Synonyms:
      3. anxieties, restivenesses, nervousnesses, agitations, edginesses, jitteriness, uneasinesses, skittishness, flightinesses, fidgetinesses, apprehensiveness, fidgets, restlessnesses, nerves, jitters, disquiet, tensenesses, tensions, fretfulnesses, disquietudes, twitchiness, apprehensions, unease, turbulences, antsiness, worries, willies, shakes, concerns, heebie-jeebies, excitabilities, yips, unrests, abdabs, butterflies, habdabs, stresses, fitfulnesses, jim-jams, disturbances, dithers, unsettlednesses, screaming abdabs, jumps, nerviness, inquietudes, worriments, fears, perturbations, Joe Blakes … more
jumpings
  1. plural of jumping
  2. Synonyms:
      3. attacks, assault, bashings, beatings, violence, aggression, harm, punching, abuse, offences, offenses, impugnment, knockings, vilification, whackings, buffetings, flogging, maulings, pastings, slugging, violation, whipping, batteries, beltings, boxings, lashing, oppression, thumping, thwackings, batterings, drubbings, hammerings, muggings, routs, bludgeonings, denigrations, peltings, plasterings, slappings, wallopings, cuffings, kickings, licking, poundings, rapes, shellackings, thrashings, caning, clobberings, flayings … more
jumpers
  1. plural of jumper
  2. Synonyms:
      3. woollens, woolens, cardigans, fleece, sweaters, woollen, woolen, wooly, woolly
  3. Examples:
      4. “Sams wears organic linen shirts and jumpers Fairley has knitted for him from organic wool.”
      “Up to 30 experienced jumpers will take part but all newcomers will get the opportunity to take a tandem jump.”
      “Out of an estimated total of nine jumpers I've laboriously knitted for myself in my thirty-two years of life, only one was actually wearable.”
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