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jumping

noun · adjective

Simple meaning

Participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump.

Pronunciation

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juhmping

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈdʒʌmpɪŋ

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

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

  2. The act of performing a jump.

  3. The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground

adjective

  1. colloquial

    Exuberantly active; in full swing.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Moderately Common
Typical Use
Neutral / general English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

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This meaning: The act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump

Used this way, jumping is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a sporting use: familiar to anyone who follows the game, and puzzling to anyone who does not.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Sports
  • News/reporting
  • Everyday conversation

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More ways to use jumping

  • “The jumping event at the track meet was very exciting to watch.”noun

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • jumpverbBase word

    Move forward by leaps and bounds.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • jumpernounPerson or profession

    A person who jumps.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • jumping beannounCompound term

    Seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble.

  • jumping bristletailnounCompound term

    Wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks.

  • jumping genenounCompound term

    A segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole).

  • jumping jacknounCompound term

    Plaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling strings.

  • jumping mousenounCompound term

    Any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches.

  • jumping-off placenounCompound term

    A place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched.

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