adj
Meaning 1
Exact; matched; fitting; precise.
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adj
Exact; matched; fitting; precise.
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adv
Exactly; precisely
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Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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name
A surname.
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noun
The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
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noun
An effort; an attempt; a venture.
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noun
A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
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Topics: business, mining
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noun
An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
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Topics: architecture
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noun
An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
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noun
An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
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noun
An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
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noun
An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
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noun
An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
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noun
A jumping move in a board game.
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noun
A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
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noun
An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
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Topics: equestrianism, hobbies, horses, lifestyle, pets, sports
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noun
An early start or an advantage.
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Usage: with-on
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noun
A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
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Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
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Topics: geography, hydrodynamics, hydrology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Any abrupt increase; a sudden rise; a hike
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noun
An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
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Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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noun
A change of the path of execution to a different location.
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Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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noun
Ellipsis of jump-start.
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Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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noun
Clipping of jump cut.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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noun
Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”).
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
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Synonyms: one-night stand
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noun
A kind of loose jacket for men.
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verb
To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
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verb
To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To jerk the body involuntarily in response to a sudden or unexpected stimulus.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
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Usage: figuratively, intransitive
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verb
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.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To attack suddenly and violently.
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verb
To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
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Usage: slang, transitive
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verb
To cause to jump.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
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Usage: intransitive
Topics: cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To join by a buttweld.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: arts, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, smithwork
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verb
To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
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verb
To bore with a jumper.
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Topics: business, mining, quarrying
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verb
To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
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verb
To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.
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Usage: obsolete
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verb
To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
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Usage: intransitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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verb
To flee; to make one's escape.
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Usage: archaic, intransitive, slang
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verb
To shift one's position or attitude, especially suddenly and significantly.
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Usage: figuratively, intransitive
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verb
To switch locations on chromosomes.
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Usage: intransitive
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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verb
To commit suicide.
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Usage: intransitive, slang
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noun
the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: jumping
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: propulsion, actuation
Narrower terms: header, hop, leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce, vault, hurdle, jumping up and down, capriole
noun
descent with a parachute
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: parachuting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: descent
Narrower terms: skydiving
noun
a sudden involuntary movement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: startle, start
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Broader terms: reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
Narrower terms: startle response, startle reaction, startle reflex, Moro reflex, wince, flinch
noun
(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
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Broader terms: transition
noun
an abrupt transition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: leap, saltation
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Broader terms: transition
Narrower terms: quantum jump
noun
a sudden and decisive increase
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: leap
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Broader terms: increase
Narrower terms: quantum leap, quantum jump
verb
go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
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Synonyms: alternate
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Broader terms: change, alter, vary
verb
rise in rank or status
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Synonyms: rise, climb up
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Broader terms: change
verb
increase suddenly and significantly
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Broader terms: wax, mount, climb, rise
verb
pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
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Synonyms: leap
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Broader terms: switch, shift, change
verb
bypass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: pass over, skip, skip over
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Broader terms: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
verb
enter eagerly into
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Broader terms: enter, participate
verb
make a sudden physical attack on
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Broader terms: assail, assault, set on, attack
verb
start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: jumpstart, jump-start
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Broader terms: start, start up
verb
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: startle, start
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
Narrower terms: shy, boggle, rear back, jackrabbit
verb
move forward by leaps and bounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: leap, bound, spring
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
Narrower terms: pronk, bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, burst, capriole, galumph, ski jump, saltate, vault, leapfrog, overleap, curvet, hop, skip, hop-skip, caper
verb
cause to jump or leap
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: leap
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verb
jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chute, parachute
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dive, plunge, plunk
Narrower terms: sky dive, skydive
verb
run off or leave the rails
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: derail
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote
verb
jump down from an elevated point
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: leap, jump off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
verb
be highly noticeable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: leap out, jump out, stand out, stick out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: look, appear, seem
History
From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gumpōną ~ *gumbōną (“to hop, skip, bounce”), an iterative verb. The OED suggests an imitative origin. Related to jumble. In the sense “to propel oneself” it displaced leap partially and spring largely. Cognates Cognate with German Low German jumpen (“to jump”), archaic German gumpen (“to jump, hop, bounce”), dialectal German gampen (“to hop”), Alemannic German gumpe (“to leap, jump”), Walser dialect kumpu, Old Norse gopta (“to jump; make jump”) Danish gumpe (“to jolt”), Swedish gumpa (“to jump”), Danish gimpe (“to move up and down”), Middle English jumpren, jumbren (“to mix, jumble”).
Compare French jupe (“a long petticoat, a skirt”) and English jupon.
Across languages
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