Definitions
How to pronounce jump:
Jump - as a noun
A sudden and decisive increase
Example: "A jump in attendance"
An abrupt transition
Example: "A successful leap from college to the major leagues"
(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
A sudden involuntary movement
Example: "He awoke with a start"
Descent with a parachute
Example: "He had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
Example: "He advanced in a series of jumps"
Jump - as a verb
Move forward by leaps and bounds
Example: "The horse bounded across the meadow"
Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
Example: "She startled when i walked into the room"
Make a sudden physical attack on
Example: "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
Increase suddenly and significantly
Example: "Prices jumped overnight"
Enter eagerly into
Example: "He jumped into the game"
Rise in rank or status
Example: "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
Jump down from an elevated point
Example: "The parachutist didn't want to jump"
Run off or leave the rails
Example: "The train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
Cause to jump or leap
Example: "The trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
Bypass
Example: "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
Example: "Leap into fame"
Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
Jump - as an adjective
Exact; matched; fitting; precise.
Jump - as an adverb
Exactly; precisely
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
JUMP has a SCRABBLE points total of 15.
JUMP has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 20.
JUMP has a WORDFEUD points total of 19.
