Definition of 'jump'

Noun

1. a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
      Synonyms: leap
2. an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
      Synonyms: leap saltation
3. (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
4. a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
      Synonyms: startle start
5. descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
      Synonyms: parachuting
6. the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
      Synonyms: jumping

Verb

1. move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
      Synonyms: leap bound spring
2. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"
      Synonyms: startle start
3. make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
4. increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"
5. be highly noticeable
      Synonyms: leap out jump out stand out stick out
6. enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"
7. rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
      Synonyms: rise climb up
8. jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
      Synonyms: leap jump off
9. run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
      Synonyms: derail
10. jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
       Synonyms: chute parachute
11. cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
       Synonyms: leap
12. start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
       Synonyms: jumpstart jump-start
13. bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
       Synonyms: pass over skip skip over
14. pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"
       Synonyms: leap
15. go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
       Synonyms: alternate

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