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| 1. | to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window. |
| 2. | to rise suddenly or quickly: He jumped from his seat when she entered. |
| 3. | to move or jerk suddenly, as from surprise or shock: He jumped when the firecracker exploded. |
| 4. | to obey quickly and energetically; hustle: The waiter was told to jump when the captain signaled. |
| 5. | Informal. to be full of activity; bustle: The whole town is jumping with excitement. |
| 6. | to start a campaign, program, military attack, etc.; launch an activity, esp. of major proportions (usually fol. by off): The march jumped off early in the morning. |
| 7. | Checkers. to move from one side of an opponent's piece to a vacant square on the opposite side, thus capturing the opponent's piece. |
| 8. | to rise suddenly in amount, price, etc.: Costs jumped again this quarter. |
| 9. | to pass abruptly, ignoring intervening steps or deliberation: to jump to a conclusion. |
| 10. | to change abruptly: The traffic light jumped from green to red. |
| 11. | to move or change suddenly, haphazardly, aimlessly, or after a short period: He jumped from job to job. |
| 12. | to pass or go aimlessly: He jumped from one thing to another without being able to concentrate on anything. |
| 13. | to omit letters, numbers, etc.; skip: This typewriter jumps and needs repairing. |
| 14. | to parachute from an airplane. |
| 15. | to take eagerly; seize (often fol. by at): He jumped at the offer of a free trip. |
| 16. | to enter into something with vigor (usually fol. by in or into): She jumped into the discussion right away. |
| 17. | to advance rapidly from one level to another, esp. in rank; pass through or skip intermediate stages in a forward or upward progression: He jumped from clerk to general manager in a year. |
| 18. | Movies. (of a shot or frame) to fail to line up properly with the preceding or following frames because of a mechanical fault in the camera or projector. |
| 19. | Bridge. to make a jump bid: She jumped from three clubs to four spades. |
| 20. | Journalism. (of newspaper copy) to continue on a subsequent page, following intervening copy (opposed to turn ). |
| 21. | to leap or spring over: to jump a narrow stream. |
| 22. | to cause to leap: She jumped the horse over the fence. |
| 23. | to skip or pass over; bypass: to jump the third grade in school. |
| 24. | to elevate or advance, esp. in rank, by causing to skip or pass rapidly through intermediate stages: The boss jumped his son from mail clerk to plant manager. |
| 25. | to move past or start before (a signal); anticipate: One car jumped the red light and collided with a truck. |
| 26. | to increase sharply: The store jumped its prices. |
| 27. | Checkers. to capture (an opponent's piece) by leaping over. |
| 28. | to attack or pounce upon without warning, as from ambush: The thugs jumped him in a dark alley. |
| 29. | Bridge. to raise (the bid) by more than necessary to reach the next bidding level, esp. as a signal to one's partner. |
| 30. | Informal.
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| 31. | to seize or occupy illegally or forcibly (a mining claim or the like), as on the ground of some flaw in the holder's title. |
| 32. | (of trains, trolleys, etc.) to spring off or leave (the track). |
| 33. | to get on board (a train, bus, etc.) quickly or with little planning or preparation for the trip: He jumped a plane for Chicago. |
| 34. | Journalism. to continue (a story) from one page to another over intervening copy. |
| 35. | Metalworking. to thicken (a bar or the like) by striking the end; upset (often fol. by up). |
| 36. | Slang: Vulgar. to engage in an act of coitus with. |
| 37. | to connect (a dead battery) to a live battery by attaching booster cables between the respective terminals. |
| 38. | an act or instance of jumping; leap. |
| 39. | a space, obstacle, apparatus, or the like, cleared or to be cleared in a leap. |
| 40. | a short or hurried journey. |
| 41. | a descent by parachute from an airplane. |
| 42. | a sudden rise in amount, price, etc.: a considerable jump in the stock market. |
| 43. | a sudden upward or other movement of an inanimate object. |
| 44. | an abrupt transition from one point or thing to another, with omission of what intervenes: The speaker made an unexplained jump in topic. |
| 45. | a move or one of a series of moves: The gangster stayed one jump ahead of the police. |
| 46. | Sports. any of several contests that feature a leap or jump. Compare broad jump, high jump. |
| 47. | Movies. a break in the continuity of action due to a failure to match the action of one frame with the following one of the same scene. |
| 48. | a sudden start as from nervous excitement: He gave a jump when the firecracker went off. |
| 49. | Checkers. the act of taking an opponent's piece by leaping over it to an unoccupied square. |
| 50. | the jumps, Informal. restlessness; nervousness; anxiety. |
| 51. | Also called breakover. Journalism. the part of a story continued on another page. |
| 52. | Mathematics. the difference in limit values at a jump discontinuity of a given function. |
| 53. | Automotive. jump-start (def. 1). |
| 54. | Jazz.
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| 55. | Obsolete. exactly; precisely. |
| 56. | jump on, to blame or rebuke; reprimand: He'll jump on anyone who contradicts him. |
| 57. | get or have the jump on, to get or have a head start or an initial advantage over: They got the jump on us in selling the item, but we finally caught up. |
| 58. | jump aboard or on board, to join a group, activity, etc., esp. one that has been operating or functioning for some time: After some hesitation, he jumped aboard and contributed heavily to the campaign. |
| 59. | jump all over someone, to reprimand; criticize: You don't have to jump all over me just because I'm a little late. |
| 60. | jump bail. bail 1 (def. 8). |
| 61. | jump down someone's throat. throat (def. 12). |
| 62. | jump in or into with both feet, to join or enter into exuberantly, eagerly, hastily, etc. |
| 63. | jump ship. ship (def. 15). |
| 64. | jump the gun. gun 1 (def. 14). |
| 65. | on the jump, in a hurry; running about: Lively youngsters keep their parents on the jump. |
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