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English
Etymology
Probably from Middle English (?). Akin to Old Dutch gumpen (“‘to jump’”), Low German gumpen (“‘to jump’”), Danish gumpe (“‘to jolt’”), gimpe (“‘to move up and down’”), Swedish gumpa
Pronunciation
Verb
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Infinitive to jump |
Third person singular jumps |
Simple past jumped |
Past participle jumped |
Present participle jumping |
to jump (third-person singular simple present jumps, present participle jumping, simple past and past participle jumped)
- (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- The boy jumped over a fence.
- (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- (intransitive) 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.
- The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.
- (transitive) To move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward.
- (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
- The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.
- (transitive) To force to jump.
- The rider jumped the horse over the fence.
Synonyms
- (propel oneself upwards): leap
- (cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall): jump down, jump off
- (employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location): skydive
- (react to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body violently): flinch, jerk, jump out of one's skin, leap out of one's skin, twitch
Related terms
Derived terms
See also jumped, jumper and jumping
terms derived from jump (verb)
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Noun
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Singular jump |
Plural jumps |
jump (plural jumps)
- An instance of propelling oneself into the air.
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- A jumping move in a board game.
- (sports, horses) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- (idiomatic, with on) An early start or an advantage.
- He got a jump on the day because he had laid out everything the night before.
- Their research department gave them the jump on the competition.
Synonyms
- (instance of propelling oneself into the air): leap
- (instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location):
- (instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location)::
- (instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body):: flinch, jerk, twitch
Derived terms
terms derived from jump (noun)
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Translations
instance of propelling oneself into the air- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Adverb
jump (not comparable)
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Positive jump |
Superlative none (absolute) |
- (obsolete) exactly; precisely
- "Thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour,
- With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch." - Marcellus, in "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 1, l 64-65
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How do you jump forward a large span of time in your book without jolting the reader around?
Q. Nothing particularly important happens for about a year in the time line of the novel I'm working on. Unfortunately, that stagnant stretch of time needs to be there, so I'm planning on skipping forward a year to avoid dragging the plot. However, I worry that the transition will feel awkward or sudden, and the readers will feel like they've missed something. How do you make a chronological jump forward as smooth as possible?
Asked by Harper - Thu Aug 20 00:44:59 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments
A. You either have a section break or start a new chapter. Right up front, you tell the reader time has passed, usually in the first clause of the sentence. A year later, Jared was still angry, although he'd become skilled at hiding his rage. By the following May, Jared had gotten past the worst of his grief, but he knew he'd never again love a girl like Amanda. For twelve months, Jared went through the motions of a normal life, until the rainy March afternoon when something snapped. All four seasons came and went before Jared realized he was marking time, too scared to rob the casino even though his plan would work. Easy enough, right?
Answered by akaMaryn - Thu Aug 20 09:09:00 2009
Q. Nothing particularly important happens for about a year in the time line of the novel I'm working on. Unfortunately, that stagnant stretch of time needs to be there, so I'm planning on skipping forward a year to avoid dragging the plot. However, I worry that the transition will feel awkward or sudden, and the readers will feel like they've missed something. How do you make a chronological jump forward as smooth as possible?
Asked by Harper - Thu Aug 20 00:44:59 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments
A. You either have a section break or start a new chapter. Right up front, you tell the reader time has passed, usually in the first clause of the sentence. A year later, Jared was still angry, although he'd become skilled at hiding his rage. By the following May, Jared had gotten past the worst of his grief, but he knew he'd never again love a girl like Amanda. For twelve months, Jared went through the motions of a normal life, until the rainy March afternoon when something snapped. All four seasons came and went before Jared realized he was marking time, too scared to rob the casino even though his plan would work. Easy enough, right?
Answered by akaMaryn - Thu Aug 20 09:09:00 2009
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