jump
To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
Verb 4 meanings
To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
“The boy jumped over a fence.”
To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
“She is going to jump from the diving board.”
To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
“to jump a stream”
To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
An effort; an attempt; a venture.
A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
Etymology
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.
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JUMP at a glance
JUMP has 4 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (J 8 + U 1 + M 3 + P 3) and 20 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,026 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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