jump
Forms
- present (v1)
- jump
- past (v2)
- jumped
- past participle (v3)
- jumped
- present participle
- jumping
- 3rd person singular
- jumps
- Plural
- jumps
Definitions
1.To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high.
- Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square.
- Parkour – often referred to as freerunning – entails creatively moving through an urban environment: flipping, jumping and vaulting across various obstacles.
2.To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- She is going to jump from the diving board.
3.To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
- Go jump in the lake.
4.To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- Go jump in the lake.
1.An effort; an attempt; a venture.
- Our fortune lies / Upon this jump.
2.A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
3.An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
4.The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1365
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gumpōną ~ *gumbōną (“to hop, skip, bounce”), an iterative verb. The OED suggests an imitative origin. Related to jumble. In the sense “to propel oneself” it displaced leap partially and spring largely.