jump
/d͡ʒʌmp/
To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne; To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward
- he/she/it
- jumps
- past
- jumped
- past participle
- jumped
Meanings
- 1
To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne
Tom jumped to his feet.
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Tom jumped out of bed.
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- 2
To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward
- 3
To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleaprare
- 4
To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated locationrare
- 5
To jerk the body involuntarily in response to a sudden or unexpected stimulusrare
- 6
To jerk the body involuntarily in response to a sudden or unexpected stimulus.; To drop sharply downward at the sound of a bowstring release or the fire of a gunrare
- 7
To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot uprare
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