Meaning of jump in English

jump

verb

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/dʒʌmp/

jump verb (IN THE AIR)

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A2 [ I ]

to push yourself suddenly off the ground and into the air using your legs:

jump up and down The children were jumping up and down with excitement.

jump off In 1975 a man jumped off the bridge, opened a parachute, and drifted to a safe landing.

jump into She ran across the grass and jumped into the water.

jump out of He had to jump out of an upstairs window to escape.

jump up Our cat is always jumping up on/onto the furniture.

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to jump

jumpThe kids jumped up and down when they heard we were going to Disneyland.
leapThe deer leaped out of the forest.
boundHe bounded on stage, punching the air with both fists.
launch yourselfShe rocked back and forth on her skis before launching herself down the slope.
bounceThe kids were bouncing happily on the trampoline.
hopI stubbed my toe and hopped to the kitchen to get some ice.

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jump rope

(also skip rope); (UK skip)

to jump lightly over a rope that is held in both your hands, or by two other people, and turned repeatedly under your legs and over your head as exercise or a game:

Why not jump rope, play hopscotch, walk, jog, or take a dance class?

A2 [ I or T ]

to push yourself suddenly off the ground in order to go over something:

jump over Can you jump over this stream?

jump across We had to jump across a few puddles.

All the horses are finding it difficult to jump the last fence.

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The children have jumped on the couch so much that they've ruined the springs.
In desperation, they jumped out of the window to escape the fire.
This will be her third try at jumping the bar.
My little daughter started jumping up and down with rage when she heard she couldn't go.
The rider was thrown as the horse jumped the fence.
She was watching her daughter jump rope with two friends outside their small home.
When we were little girls we jumped rope, we swam in the ocean, we caught lightning bugs.
Finding something that you like to do - whether it's skating, juggling or jumping rope - is what matters most.

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Jumping

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Miscellaneous games & activities

jump verb (MOVE/ACT SUDDENLY)

B1 [ I usually + adv/prep ]

to move or act suddenly or quickly:

jump to your feet He suddenly jumped to his feet and left.

jump up They jumped up and ran into the kitchen.

jump into She jumped into a taxi and rushed to the station.

jump in Do I have time to jump in the shower?

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to move fast

speedHe ran back to his car and sped off.
raceShe raced over and hugged me.
flyShe flew across the room just in time to stop the baby falling off the chair.
beltUK Traffic was belting along the motorway.
tearA fire truck came tearing down the road.
streakBullets streaked across the sky.

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B2 [ I ]

If a noise or action causes you to jump, your body makes a sudden sharp movement because of surprise or fear:

make someone jump The loud explosion made everyone jump.

jump out of your skin I almost jumped out of my skin when I heard a loud crash downstairs.

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I jumped out of bed and ran downstairs.
He released the handbrake and the car jumped forwards.
I tore my sweaty clothes off and jumped into the shower.
Whenever anyone criticizes her husband, she immediately jumps to his defence.
I enjoyed the movie but I found it quite bitty, jumping from one family's story to another.

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Hurrying and doing things quickly

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Making short, sudden movements

Surprising and shocking

jump verb (INCREASE)

[ I ]

to increase suddenly by a large amount:

jump dramatically House prices have jumped dramatically.

jump by The cost of building the road has jumped by 70 percent.

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The price of petrol suddenly jumped 5p per litre.
Tell the children to be careful because the depth of the water jumps quite unexpectedly.
This year my son's height has jumped dramatically - he's taller than his sister now.
The price of the shares jumped after the takeover announcement.
I wouldn't expect the interest rate to jump again for some time.

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Increasing and intensifying

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jump verb (SEQUENCE)

[ I usually + adv/prep ]

If a story, film, play, etc. jumps, it moves suddenly between different parts of it:

jump back to The film is about his adult life, but it keeps jumping back to when he was a child.

jump to Jump to the present, and Ellie is now a mother with children of her own.

jump from something to something His talk was hard to follow because he kept jumping from one subject to another.

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Changing

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jump verb (AVOID)

[ T ]

to avoid or leave out a point or stage from the correct order in a series:

jump ahead You have to follow the instructions exactly, you can't just jump a few steps ahead.

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Avoiding action

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jump verb (ATTACK)

[ T ] informal

to attack someone suddenly:

They were just walking home when a bunch of guys jumped them.

get jumped He got jumped by some local teenagers.

Synonym

jump on someone

jump verb (GO THROUGH)

[ T ] UK

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to go through a set of traffic lights when there is a red light showing that you should stop :

The police video showed that she had jumped the traffic lights.

Traffic cameras are used to enforce speed limits and to prevent cars jumping red lights.

jump bail

to fail to appear for a court trial after being released until the trial in exchange for payment:

I'd never have thought Hugh would jump bail.

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Moving in order to avoid contact

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jump verb (BUSY)

be jumping old-fashioned informal

If a place is jumping, it is crowded and full of life:

This joint is really jumping tonight.

Idioms

be jumping up and down
go (and) jump in the lake
jump all over someone
jump down someone's throat
jump for joy
jump in with both feet
jump the gun
jump the queue
jump ship
jump through hoops

More idioms

jump to conclusions
jump to it
jump the shark

Phrasal verbs

jump at something
jump in
jump off something
jump on someone
jump on something
jump out at someone

jump

noun [ C ]

/dʒʌmp/ us

/dʒʌmp/

jump noun [C] (MOVEMENT)

a sudden movement off the ground and into the air:

He won with a jump of 8.5 metres.

a parachute jump

Several horses fell at the last jump (= fence or other thing to be jumped over).

a sudden sharp movement because of surprise or fear:

The door slammed and Rita woke up with a jump.

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Only one competitor made a clear jump of the highest fence.
She copped out of the parachute jump at the last minute with some feeble excuse.
The athlete's third, and winning, jump was an exhibition of skill and strength.
He needs a good jump to score more than 9000 pts.
I was going to do a parachute jump but I wimped out at the last minute.

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Jumping

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Dance & choreography

Making short, sudden movements

jump noun [C] (INCREASE)

a sudden increase:

Interest rates are now at 6.75 - that's a jump of almost 2 percent.

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an increase

increaseThere has been an sharp increase in municipal taxes this year.
riseLast month saw a rise in the rate of inflation.
gainWe are not seeing the gains in productivity that we expected.
boostWe are hoping for a boost in sales this year.

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Increasing and intensifying

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Price increases

Idioms

from the jump
get a jump on someone/something
be/stay/keep one jump ahead

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jump | American Dictionary

jump

verb

/dʒʌmp/

jump verb (RAISE UP SUDDENLY)

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[ I/T ]

to push yourself off the ground and into the air using your legs and feet:

[ I ] The kids were jumping up and down with excitement.

[ I ] The cats jumped up onto the table.

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To jump sometimes means to lift yourself off the ground in order to go over something:

[ T ] Can you jump this fence?

jump verb (MOVE QUICKLY)

[ I ]

to move suddenly or quickly:

A man jumped out of the bushes.

He jumped to his feet and ran out the door.

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If a noise or action causes you to jump, your body makes a sudden movement because of surprise or fear:

The thunder made us all jump.

jumps the light

If a car jumps the light, it starts moving past a traffic light while the light is still red.

jump verb (OMIT STAGES)

[ I/T ]

to move up or go across suddenly from one point or stage to another without stopping at the stages in between:

[ I always + adv/prep ] Her book jumped from fifth place to first place on the best-seller list.

[ T ] The forest fire jumped the road and spread to the other side.

jump to conclusions

If you jump to conclusions, you judge a situation quickly and emotionally without having all the facts:

It’s not fair to jump to conclusions about a whole group of people based on one incident.

jump verb (INCREASE)

[ I ]

to increase suddenly by a large amount:

Home prices in the area have jumped to an all-time high.

jump verb (ATTACK)

[ T ] infml

to attack suddenly:

He was jumped and robbed by two guys on his way home from work.

Idioms

jump all over someone
jump the gun
jump through hoops

Phrasal verb

jump at something

jump

noun [ C ]

/dʒʌmp/

jump noun [C] (RAISING UP SUDDENLY)

a push into the air from a surface, like the ground or ice, using your legs and feet:

The skater’s jump was high but not graceful.

jump noun [C] (OMITTING STAGES)

a move from one point or stage to another without stopping at the stages in between:

He made a big jump from general manager to president of the company.

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jump | Business English

jump

verb [ I ]

/dʒʌmp/ us

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if prices, profits, shares, etc. jump, they increase by a large amount in a short period of time:

Interest rates look set to jump over the coming months.

jump from sth to sth The PMI index jumped from 54.5 to 56.1 in March, its highest level for six years.

jump (by) 31%/98 points/€116, etc. The airline's full-year pre-tax profits jumped 56% despite the impact of higher oil prices.

Overall music sales have jumped more than 19 percent in the last twelve months.

jump ship informal

to leave a company or organization in order to work for another, especially in order to get a higher salary or better working conditions:

Loyalty bonuses were paid to staff so they wouldn't jump ship.

jump on the bandwagon

to become involved in an activity that a lot of others are already involved in because it is successful:

More and more companies have jumped on the broadband discount bandwagon.

Phrasal verbs

jump at sth
jump in
jump into sth
jump on

jump

noun [ C ]

/dʒʌmp/ us

a sudden large increase in the price, value, or amount of something:

The tech stocks in the index posted the biggest jumps.

a jump in sth Universities and colleges have reported a dramatic jump in the number of applications.

a jump of 50%/150 points/€150, etc. Net casino revenues increased by 19% to $41 million, a jump of 138% over the fourth quarter of 2008.

a 25%/90 point/20 pence, etc. jump Heavyweight stock helped to drag the FTSE 100 higher with a 27.5p jump to 742p.

a jump from sth The increase in home repossessions, showing a 31% jump from last year's figures, is depressing property values.

a jump in profits/sales/inflation

a big/sharp/significant jump

get/have a jump on sb/sth US informal

to have an advantage over other companies or people:

Big companies are always looking to get a jump on their rivals.

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Examples of jump

jump

With the return to peacetime discourse, interest in the scientific approach jumped sharply.

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The star performer, as for several years past, was polypropylene, which jumped from under 3.1m tonnes in 1989 to over 3.3m tonnes last year.

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Suddenly, they both jumped up, pulled off their remaining cotton restrictions and plunged straight into the water.

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As already noted the rate of net foreign investment first jumped to significant levels in the 1850s and 1860s.

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The shepherds in turn sit and admire the lovely jumps of the satyrs.

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The initial adjustments reflect jumps in the state variables, and have to be accounted for separately.

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Slippage was readily evident as sporadic jumps in strain during testing.

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The book would have benefited from a tighter structure: it too often jumps between eras and personages.

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Probability of these jumps is reflected in the current temperature.

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Occasionally, we observed jumping spiders preying on marked flies shortly after release.

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In their study, participants were required to make fast movements to targets that either remained stationary or jumped to a new location.

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In one condition, participants were instructed to correct their movements on-line when the target jumped.

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Unemployment jumped from a low of 2.7 per cent to a high of 4.3 per cent in 1966.

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As far as we know, the results concerning maps with bounded jumps are new.

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Figure 1 shows costs accumulating after less than ten years with interior systems jumping another 10% of initial construction ever y seven years.

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Collocations with jump

jump

These are words often used in combination with jump.

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big jump

To my surprise, unemployment took a big jump, and the real exchange rate suffered a sizable increase.

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bungee jump

In my argument, pregnancy is the bungee jump.

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double jump

It would, in fact, impose a double jump, as it were, on some people who may be possibly undeserving, but on others who most certainly are deserving.

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What is the pronunciation of jump?

Translations of jump

in Chinese (Traditional)

在空中, 跳，躍, 跳躍…

in Chinese (Simplified)

在空中, 跳，跃, 跳跃…

in Spanish

saltar, hacer un movimiento repentino, sobresaltarse…

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saltar, pular, entrar/sair rapidamente…

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उडी, उडी मारणे/ ढकलणे, अचानक किंवा त्वरीत हालचाल करणे किंवा कृती करणे…

～が飛び跳ねる, 飛び越える, 急に動く…

hoplamak, zıplamak, sıçramak…

sauter, sursauter, monter…

saltar, fer un moviment sobtat, sobresaltar-se…

springen, schrikken, springen over…

உங்கள் கால்களைப் பயன்படுத்தி திடீரென தரையிலிருந்து மற்றும் காற்றில் உங்களைத் தள்ள, ஏதாவது ஒன்றின் மீது செல்வதற்காக உங்களை திடீரென்று தரையில் இருந்து குதிப்பதற்கு, நகர்த்த அல்லது திடீரென்று அல்லது விரைவாக செயல்பட…

कूदना, छलाँग लगाना, कूद कर लाँघना…

કૂદવું, ઠેકડો મારવો, ઊછળવું…

hoppe, springe, fare sammen…

hoppa, hoppa [upp], hoppa till…

melompat, terperanjat, melompat merentasi…

springen (lernen), springen, hochfahren…