- bounce
- dive
- drop
- fall
- hurdle
- plunge
- rise
- upsurge
- vault
- bob
- bound
- buck
- canter
- caper
- capriole
- dance
- gambol
- hop
- hopping
- jerk
- jolt
- leapfrog
- leapfrogging
- leaping
- lurch
- nosedive
- plummet
- pounce
- saltation
- shock
- skip
- skipping
- spring
- start
- swerve
- twitch
- wrench
- gambade
- upspring
- advance
- boost
- increment
- inflation
- rise
- spurt
- upsurge
- upturn
- ascent
- augmentation
- handicap
- start
- head start
- upper hand
- hurdle
- bar
- barricade
- barrier
- fence
- impediment
- rail
- stretch
- bounce
- bound
- dive
- drop
- fall
- hop
- plummet
- skip
- surge
- take
- top
- vault
- barge
- bob
- buck
- canter
- caper
- clear
- curvet
- gambol
- hurdle
- hurtle
- jerk
- jiggle
- jounce
- lollop
- lop
- lunge
- lurch
- parachute
- pop
- quiver
- rattle
- ricochet
- saltate
- shake
- sky
- somersault
- trip
- waver
- wobble
- bail out
- bolt
- bounce
- rebound
- start
- bob
- carom
- flinch
- jerk
- jounce
- ricochet
- spring
- startle
- wince
- leave
- skip
- abandon
- cancel
- cover
- digress
- evade
- miss
- nullify
- overshoot
- switch
- clear out
- cross out
- pass over
- advance
- boost
- gain
- raise
- rise
- surge
- ascend
- escalate
- hike
- mount
- up
- jack up
- put up
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WORDS RELATED TO JUMP
- beat it
- bolt
- break
- clear out
- cut and run
- decamp
- disappear
- dog it
- duck out
- escape
- fade
- flee
- fly the coop
- get
- go AWOL
- go south
- hightail
- jump
- leave
- make a break
- make off
- make scarce
- pull out
- quit
- run off
- scram
- skedaddle
- skip out
- slip
- sneak away
- split
- steal away
- take off
- vamoose
- vanish
- acclaim
- applaud
- augment
- beef up
- boost
- commend
- dignify
- distinguish
- enlarge
- ennoble
- expand
- extend
- glorify
- heighten
- hike
- hike up
- honor
- hype
- increase
- intensify
- jack up
- jump
- magnify
- multiply
- parlay
- praise
- fidgets
- jumps
- nervousness
- trembles
- uneasiness
- ambuscade
- assail
- assault
- box in
- bushwhack
- decoy
- dry gulch
- ensnare
- entrap
- hem in
- hide
- hook
- jump
- lay for
- lurk
- net
- set trap
- surprise
- surround
- trap
- wait
- waylay
- altercate
- bandy
- battle
- bicker
- break with
- buck
- bump heads
- contend
- cross
- cross swords
- disagree
- dispute
- face down
- face off
- feud
- gang up on
- get in one’s face
- go one-on-one
- hammer
- hammer away
- hash
- hash over
- hassle
- have at each other
- have at it
- jump
- jump on
- knock around
- lock horns
- mix it up
- pettifog
- pick an argument
- put up a fight
- put up a struggle
- quarrel
- quibble
- rehash
- row
- sass
- set to
- sock it to
- squabble
- stick it to
- talk back
- wrangle
- altercates
- bandies
- battles
- bickers
- breaks with
- bucks
- bumps heads
- contends
- crosses
- crosses swords
- disagrees
- disputes
- faces down
- faces off
- feuds
- gangs up on
- gets in one’s face
- goes one on one
- hammers
- hammers away
- has at each other
- has at it
- hash over
- hashes
- hassles
- jumps
- jumps on
- knocks around
- locks horns
- mixes it up
- pettifos
- picks an argument
- puts up a fight
- puts up a struggle
- quarrels
- quibbles
- rehashes
- rows
- sasses
- sets to
- socks it to
- squabbles
- sticks it to
- talks back
- wrangles
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1
as in to leap
to propel oneself upward or forward into the air
jumped across the ditch
2
as in to cringe
to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)
the sudden appearance of a mouse scurrying across the floor made me jump
3
as in to rush
to proceed or move quickly
when I tell you to do something, I expect you to jump
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
1
as in leap
an act of leaping into the air
took a small jump forward to avoid stepping in the puddle
2
as in advantage
the more favorable condition or position in a competition
get a jump on the competition by starting early
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Pronunciation:
[ d͡ʒˈʌmp], [ dʒˈʌmp], [ dʒ_ˈʌ_m_p]
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Similar words for jump:
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all-overs (noun)
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ascendancy (noun)
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ascendancy/ascendency (noun)
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ball (noun)
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bang (noun)
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boom (noun)
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boost (noun)
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bound (noun)
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caper (noun)
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clash (noun)
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climb up (noun)
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dance (noun)
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dance party (noun)
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derail (noun)
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disagreement or fight, often brief (noun)
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domination (noun)
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event (noun)
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fight (noun)
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flight (noun)
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flinch (noun)
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forward movement (noun)
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hard try; fight to win (noun)
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header (noun)
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heebie-jeebies (noun)
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jitters (noun)
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jolt (noun)
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jumping (noun)
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jump out (noun)
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jumpstart (noun)
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leap out (noun)
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moving feet and body to music (noun)
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nervous restlessness (noun)
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nosedive (noun)
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parachuting (noun)
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plunge (noun)
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pop (noun)
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power, control (noun)
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promotion (noun)
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prosperity (noun)
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quantum leap (noun)
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raise (noun)
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rise (noun)
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say-so (noun)
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skip (noun)
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skip over (noun)
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stand out (noun)
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stick out (noun)
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struggle (noun)
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sudden progress (noun)
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takeoff (noun)
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thrust (noun)
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pounce (noun, verb)
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abscond (verb)
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aggrandize (verb)
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ambush (verb)
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argue (verb)
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arise (verb)
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assault (verb)
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attack (verb)
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avoid (verb)
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bolt (verb)
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bounce (verb)
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buck (verb)
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caper (verb)
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catch (verb)
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change (verb)
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come from behind and grab (verb)
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dive (verb)
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fidget (verb)
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flee (verb)
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gallop (verb)
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gambol (verb)
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hike (verb)
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inaugurate (verb)
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jack (verb)
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launch (verb)
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leap, spring (verb)
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lunge (verb)
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move (verb)
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omit, avoid (verb)
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open (verb)
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play (verb)
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plunge (verb)
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pounce (verb)
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prance (verb)
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raise (verb)
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rear (verb)
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recoil (verb)
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snatch (verb)
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start (verb)
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startle (verb)
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twitch (verb)
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waylay (verb)
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abscond
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ambush
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attack
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avoid
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bath
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begin
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caper
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cavort
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fidget
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frisk
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gambol
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increase
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jack
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jerk
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move
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Hypernyms for jump
Hyponyms for jump
Antonyms for jump
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n.
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•
- change your mind,
- rising,
- see reason/sense,
- renounce,
- caper,
- capitulate,
- revise,
- lunge,
- backpedal,
- convert,
- adapt,
- move on,
- move with the times.
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•
- escalate,
- step up,
- length,
- go through the roof,
- soar,
- stretch,
- height,
- double,
- add to.
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•
- assault,
- set on,
- assail,
- strike at,
- mug,
- ambush,
- fly at,
- go for.
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•
- change down,
- buckle up,
- have the upper hand,
- exceed,
- bus,
- bypass,
- block in,
- carry,
- box in,
- car pool,
- back up,
- carve up,
- get a head start.
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•
- cycle,
- idle,
- fire,
- cut out,
- flood,
- grind,
- engagement,
- burn up,
- backfire.
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•
- lie with,
- jump into bed with someone,
- sleep with,
- spend the night with someone,
- sleep together,
- be intimate with someone,
- make love,
- consummate,
- bed.
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•
- charge,
- speed,
- surge,
- dart,
- outpace,
- race,
- be quick on your feet.
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•
- fly,
- raise,
- boost.
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•
- be taken aback,
- catch your breath,
- not know what hit you,
- wonder,
- elevate,
- marvel,
- shudder at,
- reel,
- boggle,
- promote,
- advance,
- upgrade,
- do a double take.
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•
- head,
- progress,
- flow,
- forge ahead,
- press,
- carry on,
- walk-on,
- pass.
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•
- flicker,
- come at.
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•
- flick.
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•
- going,
- flat racing,
- handicap,
- the horses,
- horseflesh,
- flat race,
- gymkhana,
- furlong,
- dressage.
• all-overs (noun)
- allovers,
- un easiness,
- all overs,
- un-easinesses,
- un-easiness.
• ascendancy (noun)
- prepotences,
- pre-dominances,
- mastery power,
- mastery powers.
• ascendancy/ascendency (noun)
- pre dominance,
- whip hand,
- pre valences,
- pre dominances,
- pre eminence,
- pre-valence,
- leg ups,
- pre-eminence,
- on top,
- pre-potences,
- pre-eminences,
- pre-dominance,
- pre potences,
- whip hands,
- leg up,
- pre-potence,
- prepotence,
- pre potence,
- pre eminences,
- on tops,
- pre valence.
• ball (noun)
- hoedown,
- hoodang.
• bang (noun)
- pop.
• boom (noun)
- up swing,
- up surge,
- up turn,
- up-surges,
- up-swings,
- up surges,
- up-surge,
- up turns,
- up-turns,
- up-turn,
- up-swing,
- up swings.
• boost (noun)
- step-ups,
- up-grades,
- stepups,
- up-grade,
- up grade,
- up grades,
- stepup,
- step-up,
- step ups.
• bound (noun)
- bound.
• caper (noun)
- jokes,
- hot foot,
- jest.
• clash (noun)
- dis-harmonies,
- difference opinion,
- settos,
- have go each other,
- setto,
- dis cords,
- set-to,
- mis understandings,
- scrimmage,
- runin,
- have a go each other,
- have go at each other,
- set-tos,
- mis-understanding,
- set tos,
- dis harmonies,
- mis understanding,
- dis-harmony,
- dis-cords,
- dis-cord,
- dis cord,
- dis harmony,
- have a go at each other,
- mis-understandings.
• climb up (noun)
- climb up.
• dance (noun)
- jive,
- foxtrots,
- boogie,
- congas,
- foxtrot,
- bunny hop,
- jitterbug,
- jitterbugs,
- social,
- two-step,
- conga,
- cut a rug,
- trip the light fantastic,
- twostep,
- boogie down,
- masquerade,
- foot it,
- sock hop,
- step,
- jives,
- formals,
- rhumba,
- one-step,
- tango,
- hoof it,
- socials,
- samba,
- boogies,
- Tangos,
- get down,
- rock n’ roll,
- formal.
• dance party (noun)
- ball.
• derail (noun)
- derail.
• disagreement or fight, often brief (noun)
- clash.
• domination (noun)
- ascendancy.
• event (noun)
- leap,
- saltation.
• fight (noun)
- scuffle.
• flight (noun)
- Volitation,
- wingings,
- mountings,
- voyage,
- Winging,
- take-offs,
- soarings,
- take-off,
- aerial navigations,
- glidings,
- aerial navigation,
- volitations,
- mounting,
- take offs.
• flinch (noun)
- start.
• forward movement (noun)
- thrust.
• hard try; fight to win (noun)
- struggle.
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- header.
• heebie-jeebies (noun)
- heebie jeebies,
- heebiejeebies,
- tenseness,
- tensenesses.
• jitters (noun)
- excitability,
- butterfly,
- moodiness,
- touchiness,
- tremulousness,
- cold sweat,
- neuroticism,
- neurasthenia,
- to do,
- TODO,
- Butterflies,
- feverishness.
• jolt (noun)
- bombshell,
- thunderbolt,
- re-versal,
- thunderbolts,
- bombshells,
- re versal.
• jumping (noun)
- jumping.
• jump out (noun)
- jump out.
• jumpstart (noun)
- jumpstart.
• leap out (noun)
- leap out.
• moving feet and body to music (noun)
- dance.
• nervous restlessness (noun)
- jitters.
• nosedive (noun)
- nose dive,
- nose-dive.
• parachuting (noun)
- parachuting.
• plunge (noun)
- immersion,
- nosedive,
- high dive,
- submergence,
- submersion,
- Submersions.
• pop (noun)
- ex plosions,
- ex-plosion,
- ex plosion.
• power, control (noun)
- authority.
• promotion (noun)
- jump ups,
- move up,
- prelations,
- move ups,
- pre ferment,
- up grading,
- favorings,
- Prelation,
- jump up,
- pro-motions,
- pro motions,
- pro motion,
- pre-ferments,
- upgradings,
- preferment,
- pro-motion,
- up-grading,
- pre-ferment,
- pre ferments,
- goahead,
- preferments.
• prosperity (noun)
- boom.
• quantum leap (noun)
- Transilience,
- giant strides,
- quantum jump,
- leaps and bounds,
- radical change.
• raise (noun)
- legup,
- raisings,
- jump-ups,
- jumpup,
- leg-ups,
- move-up,
- hold-ups,
- moveup,
- legups,
- hold-up,
- move-ups,
- hold ups,
- leg-up,
- jump-up,
- jumpups,
- moveups.
• rise (noun)
- rise.
• say-so (noun)
- say-so,
- say so.
• skip (noun)
- skip.
• skip over (noun)
- skip over.
• stand out (noun)
- stand out.
• stick out (noun)
- stick out.
• struggle (noun)
- under-taking,
- under-takings,
- free for all,
- under taking.
• sudden progress (noun)
- quantum leap.
• takeoff (noun)
- upward flight,
- upward flights.
• thrust (noun)
- impulsion,
- impulsions.
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n. & v.
• pounce (noun, verb)
- taking unawares,
- fall upons.
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v.
• abscond (verb)
- de-camps,
- sneaks away,
- makes scarce,
- skips out,
- goes south,
- dis-appear,
- stealing away,
- flew coop,
- flying the coop,
- flies the coop,
- makes a break,
- dis-appears,
- dis-appearing,
- cuts run,
- cuts and run,
- cutting run,
- making a break,
- going AWOL,
- made break,
- de-camp,
- ducks out,
- skipping out,
- de camped,
- goes awol,
- going south,
- making break,
- cut run,
- made a break,
- fly coop,
- ducked out,
- cutting and run,
- making scarce,
- de-camped,
- dis appeared,
- sneaked away,
- dis appear,
- dis-appeared,
- de camp,
- went awol,
- make break,
- dis appearing,
- went south,
- dis appears,
- de-camping,
- steals away,
- ducking out,
- skipped out,
- dogging it,
- flies coop,
- flying coop,
- de camping,
- snuck away,
- sneaking away,
- dogs it,
- dogged it,
- made scarce,
- stole away,
- de camps.
• aggrandize (verb)
- ex-tended,
- in-creases,
- in creases,
- in crease,
- multi-plying,
- jacking up,
- ex tends,
- ex tend,
- hikes up,
- hyping,
- ex tended,
- in creasing,
- in-creased,
- in-crease,
- ex tending,
- hiking up,
- multi plying,
- jacks up,
- ex-tends,
- ex-tending,
- multi-plied,
- jacked up,
- ex-tend,
- multi plied,
- hiked up.
• ambush (verb)
- de-coy,
- sets trap,
- de-coying,
- sur rounding,
- sur prising,
- sur-rounded,
- de coy,
- lays for,
- japping,
- de coyed,
- sur rounded,
- laid for,
- sur-rounding,
- sur prise,
- laying for,
- japped,
- setting trap,
- sur-prise,
- de-coys,
- de coys,
- sur-prising,
- boxed in,
- de coying,
- boxing in,
- de-coyed,
- sur-prises,
- sur-prised,
- sur prises.
• argue (verb)
- gets in ones face,
- faces down,
- gat in ones face,
- picked an argument,
- hadst at it,
- gotten ones face,
- putting struggle,
- have each other,
- went one one,
- hashing over,
- mixing it up,
- socked it to,
- getting in one’s face,
- gotten one’s face,
- go one,
- going one one,
- getting face,
- gets one face,
- sticking to,
- picks an argument,
- going on one,
- getting in one face,
- hadst it,
- going one on one,
- pick argument,
- stuck it to,
- got in ones face,
- putting fight,
- got in one face,
- puts up a struggle,
- gets in one face,
- re-hashing,
- re hashing,
- mixes it up,
- gotten in one face,
- hast it,
- got in one’s face,
- socking to,
- hashed over,
- haddest it,
- get ones face,
- getting in ones face,
- picked argument,
- dis-agrees,
- goes one one,
- goes one,
- puts a struggle,
- put a struggle,
- gotten in one’s face,
- got one’s face,
- has at each other,
- mixed it up,
- dis-agreeing,
- hast at it,
- hast each other,
- dis-agree,
- putting up a fight,
- had at it,
- hath it,
- faced off,
- gotten in face,
- picks argument,
- putting a struggle,
- having each other,
- putting up fight,
- hath each other,
- hashes over,
- talks back,
- hadst at each other,
- getting ones face,
- dis agreeing,
- got ones face,
- mixt it up,
- hath at each other,
- hadst each other,
- puts fight,
- puts struggle,
- haddest at it,
- dis-agreed,
- having at it,
- hath at it,
- get in face,
- picking argument,
- put a fight,
- talked back,
- socks to,
- gets in face,
- went on one,
- socking it to,
- gat in one face,
- hast at each other,
- puts a fight,
- re-hashes,
- gat in face,
- had each other,
- re-hash,
- re hash,
- went one on one,
- socks it to,
- goes one on one,
- put struggle,
- socked to,
- gotten face,
- gat in one’s face,
- sticked to,
- get in ones face,
- has each other,
- gat ones face,
- putting a fight,
- puts up fight,
- having it,
- putting up struggle,
- dis agrees,
- gat one face,
- has at it,
- go one one,
- setting to,
- got in face,
- having at each other,
- puts up struggle,
- got one face,
- putting up a struggle,
- got face,
- get face,
- put fight,
- going one,
- haddest each other,
- getting one face,
- dis agree,
- re hashed,
- re hashes,
- bumping heads,
- facing off,
- went one,
- gotten in ones face,
- faced down,
- sock to,
- dis agreed,
- had at each other,
- bumped heads,
- faces off,
- gets one’s face,
- go on one,
- gets face,
- haddest at each other,
- gat face,
- gotten one face,
- getting one’s face,
- get in one face,
- get one’s face,
- gang upon,
- jumps on,
- sticked it to,
- sets to,
- sticking it to,
- hammering away,
- bumps heads,
- has it,
- puts up a fight,
- picking an argument,
- facing down,
- goes on one,
- gang on,
- get one face,
- gat one’s face,
- re-hashed,
- sticks it to,
- getting in face,
- gets in one’s face,
- jumping on,
- gets ones face.
• arise (verb)
- piled out,
- rolls out,
- piling out,
- wakes up,
- rise shine,
- rolling out,
- piles out,
- moves upward,
- moved upward.
• assault (verb)
- jumps down one’s throat,
- jumps on ones case,
- jumping on case,
- jumping one’s case,
- be-set,
- shoots down,
- sets up on,
- jumped on case,
- jumping on one case,
- jumps one case,
- jumped on one’s case,
- letted have it,
- jump on case,
- jumped case,
- be-setting,
- lights in to,
- lighting into,
- jump one’s case,
- be sets,
- jumps down ones throat,
- jumped down one throat,
- jumping down ones throat,
- setting upon,
- jumps on one’s case,
- jumps down one throat,
- jump on one case,
- jump ones case,
- haul on,
- letting have it,
- jumping down one’s throat,
- jumped on one case,
- jumps ones case,
- jumping case,
- hauling on,
- lighted into,
- lighted in to,
- jumped down throat,
- setting up on,
- jumped one case,
- jumped one’s case,
- jump on ones case,
- jumps case,
- slaps around,
- jump case,
- jumping on ones case,
- jump down ones throat,
- set up on,
- jumping one case,
- hauled on,
- hauls on,
- jumped on ones case,
- be setting,
- lights into,
- shooting down,
- lit in to,
- hauled off on,
- jumped down one’s throat,
- lighting in to,
- jumping on one’s case,
- jumps on case,
- lit into,
- slapped around,
- jumped ones case,
- lets have it,
- jumping down one throat,
- jumps down throat,
- jumping down throat,
- slapping around,
- jump one case,
- lay in to,
- hauls off on,
- jumps one’s case,
- hauling off on,
- light in to,
- jumped down ones throat,
- be-sets,
- jumping ones case,
- jump down one throat,
- jumps on one case,
- wrought over,
- works over.
• attack (verb)
- co oking,
- in-filtrates,
- chops down,
- in filtrating,
- takes the offensive,
- knocked block off,
- boffs,
- knocking for a loop,
- knocks cold,
- over-whelmed,
- in filtrates,
- pounced upon,
- takes offensive,
- chopping down,
- over whelmed,
- be siege,
- be sieged,
- boffing,
- pouncing up on,
- boffed,
- be-sieged,
- be-siege,
- pounced up on,
- in-filtrated,
- knocks for loop,
- in filtrated,
- over-whelms,
- pounces upon,
- co oked,
- in-filtrate,
- knocked cold,
- knocking cold,
- be sieging,
- taking the offensive,
- in-filtrating,
- knocking block off,
- knocks block off,
- be sieges,
- taking offensive,
- knocks for a loop,
- over whelm,
- pounce up on,
- co-oked,
- in filtrate,
- laying siege to,
- over-whelm,
- over-whelming,
- co-oking,
- took the offensive,
- pouncing upon,
- knock for loop,
- over whelming,
- take offensive,
- be-sieges,
- be-sieging,
- lays siege to,
- took offensive,
- knocking for loop,
- knocked for loop,
- laid siege to,
- over whelms,
- pounces up on.
• avoid (verb)
- holds off,
- shook and bake,
- gave the slip,
- with-drawing,
- shakes bake,
- lays low,
- faking out,
- with-draws,
- skipping out on,
- re-coiled,
- runs for cover,
- re-coil,
- re coils,
- with drawing,
- shuffling off,
- by passed,
- skipped out on,
- by pass,
- by passes,
- shaking bake,
- with drew,
- stays away,
- staid out,
- shake bake,
- giving the slip,
- shook bake,
- shaking and bake,
- steered clear of,
- with draw,
- keeping clear,
- stepping aside,
- gives the slip,
- skips out on,
- running for cover,
- re coil,
- steps aside,
- with-drew,
- re coiled,
- laying low,
- staying away,
- shuffles off,
- with draws,
- staying out,
- by passing,
- stayed away,
- giving slip,
- turns aside,
- skipping town,
- fended off,
- shrinking from,
- ran for cover,
- give slip,
- shuffled off,
- shakes and bake,
- stayed out,
- stays out,
- kept clear,
- steers clear of,
- skips town,
- re-coiling,
- with drawn,
- gave slip,
- shrank from,
- with-draw,
- with-drawn,
- re-coils,
- circumlocutes,
- shrunk from,
- circumlocuting,
- re coiling,
- fakes out,
- shrinks from,
- staid away,
- circumlocuted,
- gives slip,
- keeps clear.
• bolt (verb)
- leaved holding the bag,
- leaving high dry,
- leave the lurch,
- leaves high dry,
- left holding the bag,
- leave lurch,
- made tracks,
- takes flight,
- ran out on,
- left high dry,
- stepped on it,
- made a break for it,
- leaved holding bag,
- leave high dry,
- leaving high and dry,
- leaved flat,
- stepped it,
- leaves flat,
- makes tracks,
- stepping it,
- left holding bag,
- leaving flat,
- made break for it,
- leaving holding the bag,
- leaving holding bag,
- makes break for it,
- kissed goodbye,
- steps on it,
- makes a break for it,
- left flat,
- left high and dry,
- ran like scared rabbit,
- making tracks,
- making a break for it,
- stepping on it,
- leave holding bag,
- leaves holding the bag,
- making break for it,
- running like scared rabbit,
- runs out on,
- leaves holding bag,
- runs like scared rabbit,
- leaved high dry,
- kisses goodbye,
- kissing goodbye,
- steps it,
- leaved high and dry,
- leaves high and dry,
- make break for it.
• bounce (verb)
- jerked up down,
- jerk and down,
- glances off,
- re-bounding,
- jerks up and down,
- glanced off,
- saltating,
- re-bounds,
- jerks down,
- jerking down,
- jerks and down,
- jerk up down,
- Resiled,
- flew back,
- jerking up and down,
- glancing off,
- jerked up and down,
- re bounded,
- sprung back,
- jerk down,
- sprang back,
- snaps back,
- jerking and down,
- jerked down,
- flies back,
- springs back,
- re-bound,
- snapped back,
- saltated,
- re bounding,
- flying back,
- re bound,
- jerking up down,
- re bounds,
- saltates,
- re-bounded,
- jerks up down,
- Resiling,
- resiles,
- jerked and down.
• buck (verb)
- dis-lodged,
- with stands,
- un-seated,
- un-seat,
- un-seats,
- with-stand,
- dis lodging,
- dis lodge,
- un seat,
- un seating,
- dis lodged,
- un-seating,
- with standing,
- with stand,
- dis lodges,
- un seated,
- with-stood,
- with-standing,
- dis-lodging,
- dis-lodges,
- un seats,
- with stood,
- dis-lodge,
- with-stands,
- duelled.
• caper (verb)
- blew lid off,
- kicked up one’s heels,
- went on tear,
- kicks up one’s heels,
- whooped up,
- kicked up one heels,
- blows lid off,
- goes on tear,
- kick up one heels,
- whoops it up,
- kicking up ones heels,
- whoops up,
- went on a tear,
- going on tear,
- letted loose,
- kicking ones heels,
- kicks heels,
- kicks one’s heels,
- kicking up one heels,
- kicking heels,
- whooping it up,
- going on a tear,
- cutting capers,
- kicks up ones heels,
- go a tear,
- kicks one heels,
- blow lid off,
- blows the lid off,
- going tear,
- kicking one’s heels,
- kicking up one’s heels,
- whooping up,
- blowing lid off,
- kicking one heels,
- went a tear,
- kick heels,
- kick one heels,
- kicked one heels,
- kicked one’s heels,
- raises hell,
- kicked up ones heels,
- kicking up heels,
- go tear,
- kick up ones heels,
- whooped it up,
- goes a tear,
- go on tear,
- whoop up,
- goes tear,
- kicks up heels,
- kicked ones heels,
- kick ones heels,
- blew the lid off,
- cuts capers,
- going a tear,
- kicks up one heels,
- kicked up heels,
- kicks ones heels,
- kicked heels,
- raised hell,
- goes on a tear,
- went tear,
- blowing the lid off.
• catch (verb)
- hopping on,
- went after,
- climbing on,
- over-hauls,
- cotched,
- re ached,
- hopped on,
- over-haul,
- over hauls,
- over taking,
- climbs on,
- re aching,
- over takes,
- over-take,
- over-took,
- hops on,
- over-taken,
- re-aching,
- over take,
- over-taking,
- over-takes,
- over hauled,
- over haul,
- over taken,
- cotching,
- over-hauled,
- over hauling,
- over-hauling,
- over took,
- cotches,
- re-ached,
- come up on.
• change (verb)
- jump.
• come from behind and grab (verb)
- catch.
• dive (verb)
- nose dived,
- belly flopped,
- sub merge,
- nose dives,
- nose diving,
- sub-merges,
- headered,
- goes headfirst,
- going headfirst,
- sub-merged,
- sub merging,
- sub merges,
- nosediving,
- went headfirst,
- belly flopping,
- sub-merge,
- sub-merging,
- nose-dove,
- nose dove,
- headering,
- nosedove.
• fidget (verb)
- art antsy,
- was nervous,
- were nervous,
- is antsy,
- am pins and needles,
- being pins and needles,
- is wired,
- is pins and needles,
- are hyper,
- be on pins needles,
- wert pins and needles,
- are pins and needles,
- was on pins needles,
- art pins needles,
- is on pins needles,
- am wired,
- being on pins needles,
- were hyper,
- were pins and needles,
- wast pins needles,
- are antsy,
- am on pins needles,
- being wired,
- wast on pins and needles,
- are pins needles,
- wert spooked,
- art nervous,
- is spooked,
- were spooked,
- wert on pins needles,
- being pins needles,
- was pins and needles,
- art wired,
- wast hyper,
- wast pins and needles,
- wert pins needles,
- being hyper,
- art spooked,
- wast antsy,
- wast on pins needles,
- was spooked,
- were antsy,
- are on pins and needles,
- was wired,
- wert antsy,
- is nervous,
- were on pins and needles,
- am hyper,
- are wired,
- are spooked,
- was hyper,
- am nervous,
- wast nervous,
- wast spooked,
- am spooked,
- art pins and needles,
- being antsy,
- was antsy,
- wert on pins and needles,
- is on pins and needles,
- am on pins and needles,
- were pins needles,
- was pins needles,
- wert wired,
- jittered,
- were wired,
- be pins needles,
- were on pins needles,
- wast wired,
- was on pins and needles,
- being spooked,
- be pins and needles,
- being on pins and needles,
- am pins needles,
- is pins needles,
- being nervous,
- wert nervous,
- is hyper,
- art hyper,
- am antsy,
- are on pins needles,
- wert hyper.
• flee (verb)
- make one escape,
- took a hike,
- made getaway,
- made oneself scarce,
- beating hasty retreat,
- step the gas,
- re-treated,
- gets hell out,
- made one escape,
- makes one escape,
- getting hell out,
- makes quick exit,
- de-parted,
- gat away,
- beats hasty retreat,
- making oneself scarce,
- making ones escape,
- de-sert,
- beat hasty retreat,
- make ones escape,
- steps the gas,
- made a getaway,
- re-treats,
- makes getaway,
- make escape,
- steps on gas,
- steps on the gas,
- stepping on gas,
- making a getaway,
- takes a hike,
- gets the hell out,
- makes one’s escape,
- take hike,
- de parting,
- making one escape,
- making getaway,
- get hell out,
- re-treating,
- got hell out,
- got the hell out,
- de-parting,
- taking a hike,
- stepped on the gas,
- stepping the gas,
- takes hike,
- steps gas,
- re-treat,
- made ones escape,
- de part,
- de sert,
- getting the hell out,
- beating a hasty retreat,
- making quick exit,
- step gas,
- re treating,
- stepping on the gas,
- gat hell out,
- making one’s escape,
- made one’s escape,
- taking hike,
- re treats,
- stepped gas,
- gotten hell out,
- makes oneself scarce,
- gotten the hell out,
- makes a getaway,
- made escape,
- stepped on gas,
- de-parts,
- makes ones escape,
- de parts,
- took hike,
- de parted,
- making escape,
- gat the hell out,
- beats a hasty retreat,
- made quick exit,
- de-part,
- makes escape,
- stepping gas,
- stepped the gas.
• gallop (verb)
- tearing along,
- tore along,
- tare along,
- tears along,
- torn along.
• gambol (verb)
- cuts caper,
- kibitzed around,
- cuts a caper,
- kibitzes around,
- cutting caper,
- cut caper,
- kibitzing around,
- cutting a caper.
• hike (verb)
- up graded,
- up-graded.
• inaugurate (verb)
- in states,
- gotten things rolling,
- intro duces,
- in ducting,
- kicks off,
- in-ducted,
- gotten under way,
- gat things rolling,
- in stated,
- in stating,
- in-ducts,
- gets things rolling,
- in-states,
- in vest,
- in ducted,
- in-vested,
- setting motion,
- getting things rolling,
- got things rolling,
- in-stating,
- in-vests,
- break ice,
- in-vest,
- got under way,
- intro-duce,
- intro-duces,
- in-duct,
- sets motion,
- gets under way,
- in-ducting,
- in state,
- gat under way,
- kicking off,
- set motion,
- in-state,
- in ducts,
- in-vesting,
- intro duce,
- in-stated,
- in vested,
- ushered in,
- in vests,
- in duct.
• jack (verb)
- puts its end,
- up rearing,
- places up,
- moving up,
- up heaving,
- moves up,
- putting on its end,
- up cast,
- placed up,
- upheaves,
- up heaves,
- up casts,
- up-casting,
- put its end,
- uphove,
- up-heaving,
- up-heaves,
- up heaved,
- up-rears,
- up rear,
- up heave,
- up-reared,
- up rears,
- up-heave,
- up-rearing,
- up-hove,
- up-rear,
- upcasts,
- placing up,
- puts on its end,
- stands up,
- up casting,
- putting its end,
- up-heaved,
- upcasting,
- up hove,
- up-cast,
- up-casts.
• launch (verb)
- breaking the seal,
- embarking up on,
- broke the seal,
- brake the seal,
- brake seal,
- starting ball rolling,
- embark up on,
- embarks up on,
- getting show on road,
- embarked up on,
- got show road,
- breaking seal,
- gat show on road,
- getting show road,
- got show on road,
- break seal,
- embarks upon,
- gotten show road,
- get show road,
- sets going,
- embarking upon,
- breaks seal,
- breaks the seal,
- started ball rolling,
- broke seal,
- gotten show on road,
- gets show road,
- starts ball rolling,
- setting going,
- gets show on road,
- gat show road.
• leap, spring (verb)
- jiggle,
- parachute,
- lop,
- curvet,
- sky,
- lollop,
- barge,
- somersault,
- quiver,
- rattle,
- take,
- bail out,
- trip,
- top,
- ricochet,
- clear,
- waver,
- shake.
• lunge (verb)
- fall up on,
- falling up on,
- fell up on,
- falling upon,
- falls up on,
- falls upon.
• move (verb)
- gets going,
- dis locates,
- re located,
- dis-locating,
- trans pose,
- re moved,
- re locating,
- locomoted,
- re move,
- trans-pose,
- locomoting,
- re locate,
- re locates,
- off loads,
- off loaded,
- heading for,
- dis-located,
- re moving,
- locomotes,
- off loading,
- re-moves,
- dis located,
- re-locating,
- dis locate,
- dis-locate,
- off load,
- re-located,
- re-move,
- re-moving,
- trans posed,
- re-locates,
- gat going,
- heads for,
- dis locating,
- trans ported,
- trans-posing,
- dis-locates,
- gotten going,
- re-locate.
• omit, avoid (verb)
- overshoot,
- nullify,
- switch,
- leave,
- clear out,
- cover,
- miss,
- digress,
- cancel,
- cross out,
- abandon,
- evade,
- pass over.
• open (verb)
- sets shop,
- began business,
- rang in,
- ringed in,
- set shop,
- setting shop,
- starts the ball rolling,
- started the ball rolling,
- sets up shop,
- begins business,
- setting up shop,
- beginning business,
- rings in,
- raise curtain,
- ringing in,
- starting the ball rolling.
• play (verb)
- dis-ported,
- kibitzes,
- entertaining oneself,
- dis porting,
- were life party,
- letted one hair down,
- being life party,
- letted ones hair down,
- wert life party,
- dis-porting,
- goes spree,
- went a spree,
- go on spree,
- was life party,
- amusing oneself,
- letting one hair down,
- letting hair down,
- going spree,
- art life party,
- wert life of party,
- lets one’s hair down,
- dis ported,
- am life party,
- amuses oneself,
- going on a spree,
- letted go,
- let ones hair down,
- wast life of party,
- goes a spree,
- letted hair down,
- went spree,
- entertained oneself,
- letting one’s hair down,
- went on spree,
- letted one’s hair down,
- lets hair down,
- idles away,
- being life of party,
- lets ones hair down,
- goes on spree,
- letting ones hair down,
- is life party,
- let one hair down,
- is life of party,
- wast life party,
- goes on a spree,
- am life of party,
- go spree,
- are life of party,
- entertains oneself,
- art life of party,
- idled away,
- are life party,
- lets one hair down,
- be life party,
- went on a spree,
- kibitzed,
- was life of party,
- idling away,
- were life of party,
- amused oneself,
- go a spree,
- going on spree,
- going a spree.
• plunge (verb)
- belly-flopping,
- de-scend,
- belly-flopped,
- de scend,
- went the limit,
- shoot works,
- took header,
- de-scending,
- goes whole hog,
- de scending,
- takes header,
- de-scends,
- belly-flops,
- taking flyer,
- de-scended,
- went limit,
- take flyer,
- threw oneself,
- shooting works,
- shoots the works,
- throws oneself,
- taking a flyer,
- going limit,
- takes a header,
- bellyflop,
- took flyer,
- shoots works,
- throwing oneself,
- goes limit,
- goes the limit,
- took a flyer,
- bellyflopped,
- de scended,
- shooting the works,
- bellyflopping,
- take header,
- de scends,
- shot the works,
- took a header,
- go limit,
- takes a flyer,
- takes flyer,
- taking a header,
- taking header,
- going whole hog,
- went whole hog,
- going the limit,
- shot works,
- bellyflops,
- top pled.
• pounce (verb)
- takes unawares,
- took unawares,
- take unaware.
• prance (verb)
- hoofing it,
- hoofs it,
- footed it,
- foots it.
• raise (verb)
- fetching up,
- congressing,
- jumped up,
- goosed up,
- fetches up,
- fetched up,
- jumping up,
- gooses up,
- sending through the roof,
- send through roof,
- sent through roof,
- pro-moting,
- pro moting,
- sends through the roof,
- pro-mote,
- ran up,
- pyramidded,
- shoots up,
- running up,
- goosing up,
- sends through roof,
- pyramidding,
- sending through roof,
- jumps up,
- sent through the roof,
- pro-motes.
• rear (verb)
- sets upright,
- setting upright,
- up lift,
- up-lifts,
- up-raise,
- sprang up,
- up-holding,
- up-holds,
- up-raised,
- up raising,
- up raised,
- up-hold,
- up holds,
- up lifted,
- up holding,
- up-held,
- up-lifting,
- up hold,
- up lifts,
- up raise,
- up-lift,
- sprung up,
- springs up,
- springing up,
- up lifting,
- up-raising,
- up held,
- up-raises,
- up-lifted.
• recoil (verb)
- rebound,
- wince,
- carom,
- flinch.
• snatch (verb)
- spirits away,
- makes with,
- made off with,
- spiriting away,
- got fingers on,
- make with,
- gat fingers on,
- making with,
- claps hands on,
- getting fingers on,
- clapping hands on,
- made with,
- gets fingers on,
- spirited away,
- gotten fingers on,
- makes off with,
- clapped hands on.
• start (verb)
- jump gun.
• startle (verb)
- making jump,
- give turn,
- sprung something on,
- scaring death,
- sprung on,
- gives turn,
- gave turn,
- sprang on,
- gave a turn,
- springing something on,
- scares death,
- scares to death,
- springs something on,
- sprang something on,
- springs on,
- giving a turn,
- scaring to death,
- scare death,
- makes jump,
- made jump,
- gives a turn,
- giving turn,
- scared death,
- springing on.
• twitch (verb)
- Vellicated,
- vellicates.
• waylay (verb)
- lied wait,
- lie wait,
- lies wait,
- pounces on,
- swooped down on,
- lied in wait,
- pounced on,
- lying wait,
- swoops down on,
- swooping down on,
- pouncing on,
- lies in wait.
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Other synonyms:
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- epidemic,
- running jump,
- accretion,
- swell,
- aggrandizement,
- shape up,
- ease off,
- resurgence,
- jerk,
- prolongation,
- accrual,
- all-overs,
- overleap,
- uplift,
- heebie-jeebies,
- extension,
- upsurge,
- flying tackle,
- jitter,
- willies,
- waft,
- hasten,
- flood tide,
- onrush,
- crescendo,
- spurt,
- inside track,
- steep,
- rally,
- appreciation,
- jim-jams,
- addition.
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- improve,
- amplification,
- plunge in,
- promotion,
- upswing,
- clot,
- advancement,
- stutter,
- acceleration,
- vantage,
- multiplication,
- palpitate,
- weep,
- upper hand,
- wave,
- escalation,
- spike,
- increment,
- hover,
- explosion,
- calm down,
- expansion,
- look up,
- upturn.
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- blow over,
- plunge into,
- catch up,
- bleed,
- buildup,
- wreathe,
- recover,
- takeoff,
- hemorrhage,
- proliferation,
- dodge,
- blow in,
- augmentation,
- shiver.
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- elevation,
- enlargement,
- eject,
- tremble,
- plane.
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- growth,
- jolt,
- thump,
- stream,
- swoop,
- throb.
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- flutter,
- slash.
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- pound,
- warm up.
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- flap,
- hammer,
- advantage,
- edge.
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- mature.
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•
- beat.
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•
- rush,
- pick up.
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- come down,
- descend,
- lose your balance/footing,
- go down,
- lower,
- slip.
• abscond
- go south,
- flew the coop,
- make scarce,
- cut and run,
- fly the coop,
- running off,
- dog it,
- duck out,
- sneak away,
- runs off,
- run off,
- skip out,
- make a break.
• ambush
- JAPS,
- dry gulch,
- lay for,
- set trap,
- jap,
- boxes in,
- ensnared,
- Entrapped,
- hem in.
• attack
- blistered,
- chop down,
- Brained,
- knock block off,
- knock for a loop,
- clocking,
- molest,
- lay siege to,
- knocked for a loop,
- whopped,
- overwhelms,
- boff,
- whop,
- Braining,
- wallop,
- whops,
- chopped down,
- larrup,
- Larruping,
- clocked,
- beaned,
- turning on,
- infiltrate,
- take the offensive,
- Larruped,
- pounce upon,
- knock cold,
- larrups,
- beaning.
• avoid
- Escaping,
- shake off,
- lay low,
- shrink from,
- By-pass,
- Withdrew,
- steer clear of,
- shies,
- Shied,
- shuffle off,
- by-passes,
- Shying,
- circumlocute,
- give the slip,
- stay out,
- faked out,
- keep clear,
- stepped aside,
- shakes off,
- ward off,
- skip town,
- run for cover,
- turn aside,
- fake out,
- turning aside,
- steering clear of,
- turned aside,
- hold off,
- skip out on,
- fending off,
- by-passed,
- by-passing,
- laid low,
- stay away,
- skipped town,
- shake and bake,
- step aside.
• bath
- swim.
• begin
- open.
• caper
- raise hell,
- Romped,
- whoop it up,
- cut capers,
- kick one’s heels,
- raising hell,
- Danced,
- letting loose,
- romp,
- go on a tear,
- kick up one’s heels,
- let loose,
- lets loose,
- dancing,
- blow the lid off.
• cavort
- frisk.
• fidget
- Fussed,
- joggles,
- Joggling,
- be on pins and needles,
- joggle,
- Fussing,
- Trifled,
- be antsy,
- Joggled,
- be spooked,
- be wired,
- wiggle,
- be hyper,
- jittering,
- be nervous.
• frisk
- Larked,
- Larking,
- Frolicking.
• gambol
- cut a caper,
- kibitz around.
• increase
- gain,
- mount,
- ascend.
• jack
- lifted up,
- lift up,
- jacked,
- levered,
- standing up,
- lifts up,
- stood up,
- place up,
- lifting up,
- upheave,
- moved up,
- upcast,
- upheaved,
- upheaving,
- levering,
- put on its end.
• jerk
- jounce.
• move
- off-load,
- headed for,
- offloads,
- off-loading,
- locomote,
- switching,
- got going,
- getting going,
- offload,
- off-loads,
- offloading,
- moves,
- go away,
- off-loaded,
- get going,
- offloaded,
- went away,
- head for,
- goes away,
- going away.
• open
- ring in,
- begin business,
- Embarking,
- start the ball rolling,
- set up shop.
• Other relevant words:
- Guttered,
- take a hike,
- gooses,
- run like scared rabbit,
- took aback,
- climbed on,
- Loping,
- startle,
- setting in motion,
- pile out,
- put up fight,
- prance,
- Frighting,
- guttering,
- buck,
- takes aback,
- bounce,
- tremored,
- jack,
- waked up,
- goose up,
- made merry,
- goosed,
- hop on,
- put up struggle,
- got away,
- hash over,
- aggrandize,
- flighting,
- jarring,
- Bandied,
- kick up heels,
- gutter,
- vellicate,
- pounce,
- Twinging,
- climb on,
- entertain oneself,
- glance off,
- multiply,
- get show on road,
- saltate,
- forgather,
- Slammed,
- spring something on,
- clap hands on,
- jumped on,
- goosing,
- tear along,
- gallop,
- be life of party,
- let have it,
- bolt,
- scared to death,
- make getaway,
- get fingers on,
- Bandying,
- light into,
- duelling,
- plummet,
- ushering in,
- jump on,
- ruin,
- flounce,
- make a break for it,
- gets away,
- Striding,
- worked over,
- wobble,
- set upon,
- make jump,
- going after,
- start up,
- footing it,
- argue,
- jerk up and down,
- jump down one’s throat,
- hurtle,
- Racked,
- kiss goodbye,
- blitzed,
- moving upward,
- get away,
- let hair down,
- leave flat,
- go one on one,
- working over,
- lets go,
- cotch,
- shooting up,
- make tracks,
- attack,
- Soared,
- set to,
- embarked upon,
- forgathering,
- sashaying,
- taking aback,
- running down,
- sets upon,
- Vellicating,
- sashay,
- woke up,
- hike up,
- run out on,
- spirit away,
- dueled,
- start ball rolling,
- spring on,
- leave in lurch,
- go after,
- arise,
- Massing,
- step on the gas,
- twitch,
- rear,
- amuse oneself,
- springing back,
- move,
- congressed,
- stuck to,
- sets in motion,
- feud,
- step on it,
- work over,
- Careering,
- duel,
- get things rolling,
- take unawares,
- shot down,
- launching,
- shot up,
- fidget,
- spring back,
- runs up,
- makes merry,
- idle away,
- wake up,
- hurtling,
- kicked off,
- squinches,
- set in motion,
- make quick exit,
- zap,
- go on a spree,
- inaugurate,
- take flight,
- quibble,
- put up a struggle,
- leave holding the bag,
- resile,
- flee,
- get the hell out,
- bump heads,
- shoot down,
- put up a fight,
- let one’s hair down,
- have it,
- break the seal,
- fetch up,
- kibitzing,
- making merry,
- kibitz,
- running out on,
- glorify,
- backlashing,
- overtake,
- make merry,
- Quarrelled,
- shoot up,
- Disporting,
- vamoose,
- jump on one’s case,
- snatch,
- make off with,
- forgathered,
- waking up,
- plumbing,
- nose-dived,
- stick to,
- step it,
- step on gas,
- stick it to,
- Altercated,
- getting under way,
- squinching,
- turned out,
- get under way,
- roll out,
- knock around,
- goes after,
- play,
- set going,
- took off,
- making off with,
- altercates,
- mix it up,
- haul off on,
- go headfirst,
- jack up,
- gambol,
- face off,
- have at each other,
- flighted,
- hyped,
- Hashing,
- dive,
- jump down throat,
- give a turn,
- face down,
- forgathers,
- talk back,
- hoofed it,
- scare to death,
- make one’s escape,
- kick off,
- snap back,
- have at it,
- hike,
- tremoring,
- fly back,
- Careered,
- Disported,
- talking back,
- embark upon,
- put up,
- up,
- jouncing,
- ushers in,
- leaping,
- snapping back,
- Frighted,
- sticks to,
- sashayed,
- fall upon,
- taking flight,
- had it,
- Twinged,
- blitzing,
- left in the lurch,
- beat a hasty retreat,
- leave high and dry,
- Jounced,
- gotten away,
- nosedived,
- run up,
- take aback,
- took flight,
- usher in,
- make a getaway,
- squinched,
- Altercating,
- backlashed,
- rolled out,
- nose-dives,
- make oneself scarce,
- sock it to,
- Trashed,
- altercate,
- move upward,
- waylay,
- squinch,
- get in one’s face,
- pick an argument,
- jar,
- launch,
- be set,
- getting away,
- expand,
- slap around,
- nose-diving,
- Hashed,
- send through the roof,
- letting go,
- fell upon,
- Dueling.
• plunge
- go whole hog,
- take a flyer,
- take a header,
- belly-flop,
- go the limit,
- shoot the works,
- throw oneself.
• rear
- spring up,
- set upright.
• waylay
- lie in wait,
- lying in wait,
- swoop down on,
- lay in wait,
- lay wait,
- pounce on.
How to use «Jump» in context?
Jump is simple, but very complex. Jump can be performed simply by hopping on one foot, but there are many variations and advanced techniques that can be used to achieve greater heights, faster jumps, and more agility.
Jump is an essential tool for athletes and fitness enthusiasts of all levels. It can be used to reach greater heights, improve mobility and strength, improve agility, and build endurance. It can also be used as a form of therapy for people with mobility limitations or health conditions.
Jump can be used for exercise or physical therapy, as well as for physical activity and sports training.
Paraphrases for Jump:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
jumping, leaps.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
climb, tops, climbs, aerials.
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Noun, singular or mass
blow, bump, climb, drop, plunge.
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Verb, past tense
Blew, Stepped, flings.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
climb.
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Verb, base form
blow, climb, drop, explode, flip, lay, leapfrog, plunge, pounce, throw, screw, shag.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Interjection
flip.
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Interjection
Hypernym for Jump:
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n.
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event
quantum jump, quantum leap.
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event
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v.
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motion
rear back, shy, boggle, jackrabbit.
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motion
Hyponym for Jump:
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n.
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communication
transition.
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event
increase, transition.
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communication
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v.
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change
rise, wax, climb, mount.
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competition
assail, assault, set on, attack, enter, participate.
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motion
move.
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change
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verb (used without object)
to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
to rise suddenly or quickly: He jumped from his seat when she entered.
to move or jerk suddenly, as from surprise or shock: He jumped when the firecracker exploded.
to obey quickly and energetically; hustle: The waiter was told to jump when the captain signaled.
Informal. to be full of activity; bustle: The whole town is jumping with excitement.
to start a campaign, program, military attack, etc.; launch an activity, especially of major proportions (usually followed by off): The march jumped off early in the morning.
Checkers. to move from one side of an opponent’s piece to a vacant square on the opposite side, thus capturing the opponent’s piece.
to rise suddenly in amount, price, etc.: Costs jumped again this quarter.
to pass abruptly, ignoring intervening steps or deliberation: to jump to a conclusion.
to change abruptly: The traffic light jumped from green to red.
to move or change suddenly, haphazardly, aimlessly, or after a short period: He jumped from job to job.
to pass or go aimlessly: He jumped from one thing to another without being able to concentrate on anything.
Digital Technology. to pass instantaneously, and sometimes randomly, to a point out of sequence for entering, recording, or playing back data; skip: Notice that when you press «End» the cursor jumps to the end of the line.The music streaming service keeps jumping back to the top of the playlist.
to parachute from an airplane.
to take eagerly; seize (often followed by at): He jumped at the offer of a free trip.
to enter into something with vigor (usually followed by in or into): She jumped into the discussion right away.
to advance rapidly from one level to another, especially in rank; pass through or skip intermediate stages in a forward or upward progression: He jumped from clerk to general manager in a year.
Movies. (of a shot or frame) to fail to line up properly with the preceding or following frames because of a mechanical fault in the camera or projector.
Bridge. to make a jump bid: She jumped from three clubs to four spades.
Journalism. (of newspaper copy) to continue on a subsequent page, following intervening copy (opposed to turn).
verb (used with object)
to leap or spring over: to jump a narrow stream.
to cause to leap: She jumped the horse over the fence.
to skip or pass over; bypass: to jump the third grade in school.
to move past or start before (a signal); anticipate: One car jumped the red light and collided with a truck.
to increase sharply: The store jumped its prices.
Checkers. to capture (an opponent’s piece) by leaping over.
to attack or pounce upon without warning, as from ambush: The thugs jumped him in a dark alley.
to elevate or advance, especially in rank, by causing to skip or pass rapidly through intermediate stages: The boss jumped his son from mail clerk to plant manager.
Bridge. to raise (the bid) by more than necessary to reach the next bidding level, especially as a signal to one’s partner.
Informal.
- to abscond from; leave: The robbers jumped town.
- to flee or escape from.
to seize or occupy illegally or forcibly (a mining claim or the like), as on the ground of some flaw in the holder’s title.
(of trains, trolleys, etc.) to spring off or leave (the track).
to get on board (a train, bus, etc.) quickly or with little planning or preparation for the trip: He jumped a plane for Chicago.
Journalism. to continue (a story) from one page to another over intervening copy.
Metalworking. to upset; thicken (a bar or the like) by striking the end (often followed by up).
Slang: Vulgar. to engage in an act of sexual intercourse with.
to connect (a dead battery) to a live battery by attaching booster cables between the respective terminals.
noun
an act or instance of jumping; leap.
a space, obstacle, apparatus, or the like, cleared or to be cleared in a leap.
a short or hurried journey.
a descent by parachute from an airplane.
a sudden rise in amount, price, etc.: a considerable jump in the stock market.
a sudden upward or other movement of an inanimate object.
an abrupt transition from one point or thing to another, with omission of what intervenes: The speaker made an unexplained jump in topic.
a move or one of a series of moves: The gangster stayed one jump ahead of the police.
Movies. a break in the continuity of action due to a failure to match the action of one frame with the following one of the same scene.
a sudden start as from nervous excitement: He gave a jump when the firecracker went off.
Checkers. the act of taking an opponent’s piece by leaping over it to an unoccupied square.
the jumps, Informal. restlessness; nervousness; anxiety: Long trips in trains and planes give me the jumps.
Also called breakover .Journalism. the part of a story continued on another page.
Mathematics. the difference in limit values at a jump discontinuity of a given function.
adjective
Jazz.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of swing.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of jazz; played at a bright tempo.
adverb
Obsolete. exactly; precisely.
Verb Phrases
jump on, to blame or rebuke; reprimand: He’ll jump on anyone who contradicts him.
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Idioms about jump
get / have the jump on, to get or have a head start or an initial advantage over: They got the jump on us in selling the item, but we finally caught up.
jump aboard / on board, to join a group, activity, etc., especially one that has been operating or functioning for some time: After some hesitation, he jumped aboard and contributed heavily to the campaign.
jump all over, to reprimand or criticize: You don’t have to jump all over me just because I’m a little late.
jump in / into with both feet, to join or enter into exuberantly, eagerly, hastily, etc.
on the jump, in a hurry; running about: Lively youngsters keep their parents on the jump.
Origin of jump
First recorded in 1505–15; compare Danish gumpe “to jolt,” gimpe “to move up and down,” Swedish gumpa, Low German gumpen “to jump”
synonym study for jump
1. Jump, leap, vault imply propelling oneself by a muscular effort, either into the air or from one position or place to another. Jump and leap are often used interchangeably, but jump indicates more particularly the springing movement of the feet in leaving the ground or support: to jump up and down. Leap (which formerly also meant to run) indicates the passage, by a springing movement of the legs, from one point or position to another: to leap across a brook. Vault implies leaping, especially with the aid of the hands or some instrument, over or upon something: to vault ( over ) a fence.
OTHER WORDS FROM jump
jump·a·ble, adjectivejump·ing·ly, adverboutjump, verb (used with object)un·jump·a·ble, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH jump
hop, jump , skip
Words nearby jump
jumbo, jumboize, jumbo jet, jumbuck, Jumna, jump, jump all over someone, jump at, jump bail, jump ball, jump bid
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Words related to jump
bounce, dive, drop, fall, hurdle, plunge, rise, upsurge, vault, advance, boost, increment, inflation, spurt, upturn, bound, hop, plummet, skip, surge
How to use jump in a sentence
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For a lot of those posting fitness content, this means showing off how much they can bench press, how far they can jump, or how spectacular their backflip is.
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Days later, France recorded a jump of 10,000 new cases in one day.
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Sticking with iOS, swipe up from the bottom of the screen and hold to see apps you’ve used recently—browse through them or tap on one to jump right to it.
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TikTok’s proprietary algorithm has been called its “secret sauce” and is one reason why companies have jumped at the chance to buy the app’s US operations.
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The Sparks have more players who can beat you than any other team, and their role players — like pogo-stick-with-a-jump-shot Brittney Sykes and ageless Seimone Augustus — know precisely what play is necessary in a key moment.
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The collection includes kimono capes and hand woven jump overalls.
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In August 1984, I arrived at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, eager to jump into college life.
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Why not finish hard on a cliffhanger and the next one just jump straight back in?
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Would I like to tell half the people I work with to go jump off a cliff?
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Her new friends jump to her defense and loudly tell the clerk to back off.
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The sound of my step shall make your heart jump; a look from me shall make you dumb for an hour.
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We haven’t even seen a review of the piece; the footlights go up with a jump, and now the curtain rises.
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And it did not take Squinty long to learn to jump the rope when there was no apple on the other side.
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It’ll be beastly dull for her at The Warren, you see, poor girl; and she doesn’t seem to jump at Spunyarn, though he does hang on.
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And it is quite true that the particular employer can no more break away from these limits than he can jump out of his own skin.
British Dictionary definitions for jump
verb
(intr) to leap or spring clear of the ground or other surface by using the muscles in the legs and feet
(tr) to leap over or clear (an obstacle)to jump a gap
(tr) to cause to leap over an obstacleto jump a horse over a hedge
(intr) to move or proceed hastily (into, onto, out of, etc)she jumped into a taxi and was off
(tr) informal to board so as to travel illegally onhe jumped the train as it was leaving
(intr) to parachute from an aircraft
(intr) to jerk or start, as with astonishment, surprise, etcshe jumped when she heard the explosion
to rise or cause to rise suddenly or abruptly
to pass or skip over (intervening objects or matter)she jumped a few lines and then continued reading
(intr) to change from one thing to another, esp from one subject to another
(tr) to drill by means of a jumper
(intr) (of a film)
- to have sections of a continuous sequence omitted, as through faulty cutting
- to flicker, as through faulty alignment of the film
(tr) US to promote in rank, esp unexpectedly or to a higher rank than expected
(tr) to start (a car) using jump leads
draughts to capture (an opponent’s piece) by moving one of one’s own pieces over it to an unoccupied square
(intr) bridge to bid in response to one’s partner at a higher level than is necessary, to indicate a strong hand
(tr) to come off (a track, rail, etc)the locomotive jumped the rails
(intr) (of the stylus of a record player) to be jerked out of the groove
(intr) slang to be livelythe party was jumping when I arrived
(tr) informal to attack without warningthieves jumped the old man as he walked through the park
(tr) informal (of a driver or a motor vehicle) to pass through (a red traffic light) or move away from (traffic lights) before they change to green
(tr) British slang (of a man) to have sexual intercourse with
jump bail to forfeit one’s bail by failing to appear in court, esp by absconding
jump down someone’s throat informal to address or reply to someone with unexpected sharpness
jump ship to desert, esp to leave a ship in which one is legally bound to serve
jump to it informal to begin something quickly and efficiently
noun
an act or instance of jumping
a space, distance, or obstacle to be jumped or that has been jumped
a descent by parachute from an aircraft
sport any of several contests involving a jumpthe high jump
a sudden risethe jump in prices last month
a sudden or abrupt transition
a sudden jerk or involuntary muscular spasm, esp as a reaction of surprise
a step or degreeone jump ahead
draughts a move that captures an opponent’s piece by jumping over it
films
- a break in continuity in the normal sequence of shots
- (as modifier)a jump cut
British slang an act of sexual intercourse
on the jump informal, mainly US and Canadian
- in a hurry
- busy and energetic
take a running jump British informal a contemptuous expression of dismissal
Derived forms of jump
jumpable, adjectivejumpingly, adverb
Word Origin for jump
C16: probably of imitative origin; compare Swedish gumpa to jump
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Other Idioms and Phrases with jump
In addition to the idioms beginning with jump
- jump all over someone
- jump at
- jump bail
- jump down someone’s throat
- jump in
- jump on
- jump out of one’s skin
- jump the gun
- jump the track
- jump through hoops
- jump to a conclusion
also see:
- get the drop (jump) on
- go fly a kite (jump in the lake)
- hop, skip and a jump
- not know which way to jump
- one jump ahead of
- skip (jump) bail
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jump
( jumps plural & 3rd person present) ( jumping present participle) ( jumped past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you jump, you bend your knees, push against the ground with your feet, and move quickly upwards into the air.
I jumped over the fence… V prep/adv
I’d jumped seventeen feet six in the long jump, which was a school record… V n
Whoever heard of a basketball player who doesn’t need to jump? V
Jump is also a noun., n-count
She was taking tiny jumps in her excitement.
2 verb If you jump from something above the ground, you deliberately push yourself into the air so that you drop towards the ground.
(=leap)
He jumped out of a third-floor window… V prep/adv
I jumped the last six feet down to the deck. V n, Also V
3 verb If you jump something such as a fence, you move quickly up and through the air over or across it.
He jumped the first fence beautifully. V n
4 verb If you jump somewhere, you move there quickly and suddenly.
Adam jumped from his seat at the girl’s cry… V prep/adv
5 verb If something makes you jump, it makes you make a sudden movement because you are frightened or surprised.
The phone shrilled, making her jump. V
6 verb If an amount or level jumps, it suddenly increases or rises by a large amount in a short time.
Sales jumped from $94 million to over $101 million… V to/from amount
The number of crimes jumped by ten per cent last year… V by amount
Shares in Euro Disney jumped 17p. V amount
Jump is also a noun., n-count with supp, usu N in n
…a big jump in energy conservation.
7 verb If someone jumps a queue, they move to the front of it and are served or dealt with before it is their turn.
(BRIT)
The prince refused to jump the queue for treatment at the local hospital. V n
8 verb If you jump at an offer or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly.
no cont
Members of the public would jump at the chance to become part owners of the corporation. V at n
9 verb If someone jumps on you, they quickly criticize you if you do something that they do not approve of.
A lot of people jumped on me about that, you know. V on n
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bungee jumping
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high jump
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long jump
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queue-jumping
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show jumping
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triple jump
11 If you get a jump on something or someone or get the jump on them, you gain an advantage over them.
(AM)
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get a jump on/get the jump on phrase V inflects, PHR n
Helicopters helped fire crews get a jump on the blaze…
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to jump on the bandwagon
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bandwagon
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to jump bail
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bail
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to jump to a conclusion
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conclusion
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to jump the gun
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gun
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to jump for joy
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joy jump in phrasal verb If you jump in, you act quickly, often without thinking much about what you are doing.
The Government had to jump in and purchase millions of dollars worth of supplies. V P jump out phrasal verb If you say that something jumps outat you, you mean that it is easy to notice it because it is different from other things of its type.
A phrase jumped out at me in a piece about copyright. V P at n, Also V P
high jump
Thehigh jump is an athletics event which involves jumping over a raised bar. n-sing usu the N
jump jet ( jump jets plural ) A jump jet is a jet aircraft that can take off and land vertically. n-count
jump jockey ( jump jockeys plural ) A jump jockey is someone who rides horses in races such as steeplechases, where the horses have to jump over obstacles. n-count
jump leads
Jump leads are two thick wires that can be used to start a car when its battery does not have enough power. The jump leads are used to connect the battery to the battery of another car that is working properly.
(BRIT) n-plural
in AM, use jumper cables
jump rope ( jump ropes plural ) A jump rope is a piece of rope, usually with handles at each end. You exercise with it by turning it round and round and jumping over it.
(AM) n-count
in BRIT, use skipping rope
jump-start ( jump-starts plural & 3rd person present) ( jump-starting present participle) ( jump-started past tense & past participle ) , jump start
1 verb To jump-start a vehicle which has a flat battery means to make the engine start by getting power from the battery of another vehicle, using special cables called jump leads.
He was huddled with John trying to jump-start his car. V n
Jump-start is also a noun., n-count
I drove out to give him a jump start because his battery was dead.
2 verb To jump-start a system or process that has stopped working or progressing means to do something that will make it start working quickly or effectively.
The EU is trying to jump start the peace process. V n
Jump-start is also a noun., n-count usu sing
…attempts to give the industry a jump-start.
long jump
The long jump is an athletics contest which involves jumping as far as you can from a marker which you run up to. n-sing the N
ski jump ( ski jumps plural ) A ski jump is a specially-built steep slope covered in snow whose lower end curves upwards. People ski down it and go into the air at the end. n-count
triple jump
Thetriple jump is an athletic event in which competitors have to jump as far as they can, and are allowed to touch the ground once with each foot in the course of the jump. n-sing usu the N
water jump ( water jumps plural ) A water jump is a fence with a pool of water on the far side of it, which people or horses jump over as part of a race or competition. n-count