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jump

verb · noun

Simple meaning

To push yourself off the ground and become airborne

Pronunciation

Say it like this:

juhmp
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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈdʒʌmp

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

verb

  1. intransitive

    To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.

  2. intransitive

    To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.

  3. intransitive

    To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.

  4. transitive

    To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.

  5. intransitive

    To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.

  6. intransitivefiguratively

    To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.

noun

  1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.

  2. An instance of propelling oneself upwards.

  3. An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.

  4. A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).

  5. An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.

  6. An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary
Frequency
Very Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.

Used this way, jump is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Nearby words

  • stand out , a specialist term, precise but narrower

Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.

More ways to use jump

  • “The trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop.”verb

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Similar Words, What’s the Difference?

Close in meaning, but not always interchangeable.

  • spring

    To cause to spring (all senses).

  • leap

    To cause to leap.

  • derail

    To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.

Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • jumpingnounInflected form

    The act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump.

  • jumpernounInflected form

    A person who jumps.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • jump outverbCompound term

    Be highly noticeable.

  • jump ropenounCompound term

    A length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it.

  • jump seatnounCompound term

    A folding seat in an automobile.

  • jump shotnounCompound term

    A player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump.

  • jump-startverbCompound term

    Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery.

  • jump suitnounCompound term

    One-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist's uniform.

More about this wordSynonyms, forms, origin

Synonyms

verb

Sense: to propel oneself rapidly upward

risestand outTechnicalderail

noun

Sense: jumping

springboundleapskip

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