Meaning & Definition of Jump in English

1. A sudden and decisive increase

• "A jump in attendance"

2. An abrupt transition

• "A successful leap from college to the major leagues"

3. (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another

4. A sudden involuntary movement

• "He awoke with a start"

5. Descent with a parachute

• "He had done a lot of parachuting in the army"

6. The act of jumping

• Propelling yourself off the ground

• "He advanced in a series of jumps"

• "The jumping was unexpected"

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?"

2. Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• "She startled when i walked into the room"

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

6. Enter eagerly into

• "He jumped into the game"

7. Rise in rank or status

• "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

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"

9. Run off or leave the rails

• "The train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"

10. Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

11. Cause to jump or leap

• "The trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"

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

13. Bypass

• "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"

14. Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another

• "Leap into fame"

• "Jump to a conclusion"

• "Jump from one thing to another"

15. Go back and forth

• Swing back and forth between two states or conditions