verb
- To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.
- To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
- 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.
- To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
- To attack suddenly and violently.
- To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
- To cause to jump.
- To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
- To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
- To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
- To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
- (smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
- To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
- (quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
- To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.
- To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
- To flee; to make one's escape.
Synonyms: ambush, assail, jump down, jump off, skydive, hump, jump someone's bones, beat it, rabbit, take off, skip, leap, spring, flinch, jerk, jump out of one's skin, leap out of one's skin, twitch
noun
- The act of performing a jump.
adjective
- Exuberantly active; in full swing.
Pronunciation
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