Definition of Jump

Verb: jump jÃºmp

Move forward by leaps and bounds
"Can you jump over the fence?";
- leap, bound, spring
Move suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
"She jumped when I walked into the room";
- startle, start
Make a sudden physical attack on
"The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
Increase suddenly and significantly
"Prices jumped overnight"
Be highly noticeable
- leap out, jump out, stand out, stick out
Enter eagerly into
"He jumped into the game"
Increase in rank or status
"Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list";
- rise, climb up
Descend from an elevated point
"the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge";
- leap, jump off
Run off or leave the rails
"the train jumped because a cow was standing on the tracks";
- derail
Jump from an aeroplane and descend with a parachute
- chute, parachute
Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- jumpstart, jump-start
Bypass
"He jumped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible";
- pass over, skip, skip over
Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
"jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another";
- leap
Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- alternate
[N. Amer, vulgar] Have sexual intercourse
- sleep together, love, make out, make love, sleep with, have sex, know [archaic], do it, be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], bed, have a go at it, get it on, make whoopee, nail [N. Amer]

Noun: jump jÃºmp

A sudden and decisive increase
"a jump in attendance";
- leap
An abrupt transition
"a successful jump from college to the major leagues";
- leap, saltation
(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
A sudden involuntary movement
"he awoke with a jump";
- startle, start
Descent with a parachute
- parachuting
The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
"he advanced in a series of jumps";
- jumping