Probably from Middle English(?). Akin to Old Dutch[[gumpen#Template:Odt|gumpen]](“‘to jump’”), Low German[[gumpen#basso sassone|gumpen]](“‘to jump’”), Danishgumpe(“‘to jolt’”), gimpe(“‘to move up and down’”), Swedish[[gumpa#Template:Sk|gumpa]]
to Jump (third-person singular simple present-, present participle-, simple past and past participle -)
(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidlyupward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
The boy jumped over a fence.
(intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
(intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
(intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharpprick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
(intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.
(transitive) To move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward.
move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward
Danish: springe over
Dutch: voordringennl(nl)
Finnish: etuillafi(fi)
Italian: saltareit(it)
Japanese: 飛び越す (とびこす, tobikosu)
Norwegian: snikeno(no), gå forbino(no)
Slovene: preskočitisl(sl)
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An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
A jumping move in a board game.
(sports, horses) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
(idiomatic, with on) An early start or an advantage.
He got a jump on the day because he had laid out everything the night before.
Their research department gave them the jump on the competition.
(mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
Synonyms[]
(instance of propelling oneself into the air):leap
(instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location):
(instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location)::
(instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body):: flinch, jerk, twitch
Derived terms[]
terms derived from jump (noun)
high jump
hop, skip and jump
jump rope
long jump
triple jump
Walleye jump
Translations[]
instance of propelling oneself into the air
Basque: jauzieu(eu), saltoeu(eu)
Czech: skokcs(cs)m.
Danish: springda(da)n., hopda(da)n.
Dutch: sprongnl(nl)m.
Finnish: hyppyfi(fi)
French: sautfr(fr)m.
Italian: saltoit(it)m.
Kurdish: بازku(ku)
Norwegian: hoppno(no)n., sprangno(no)n.,
Russian: прыжокru(ru) (pryžók) m., скачокru(ru) (skačók) m.
Scottish Gaelic: leumgd(gd)m.
Serbian: skoksr(sr), скокsr(sr) (skok)
Slovene: skoksl(sl)m.
instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location
Basque: jauzieu(eu), saltoeu(eu)
Danish: springda(da)n., hopda(da)n.
Dutch: sprongnl(nl)m.
Finnish: hyppyfi(fi)
French: sautfr(fr)m.
Italian: saltoit(it)m.
Norwegian: hoppno(no)n., sprangno(no)n.,
Russian: прыжокru(ru) (pryžók) m.
Scottish Gaelic: leumgd(gd)m.
Slovene: skoksl(sl)m.
instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location
Basque: jauzieu(eu), saltoeu(eu)
Danish: springda(da)n.
Dutch: sprongnl(nl)m.
Finnish: hyppyfi(fi)
Norwegian: hoppno(no)n., sprangno(no)n.,
Russian: прыжокru(ru) (pryžók) m.
Scottish Gaelic: leumgd(gd)m.
Serbian: skoksr(sr)
Slovene: skoksl(sl)m.
instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body
Danish: spjætda(da)n.
Dutch: sprongnl(nl)m.
Finnish: sätky
Irish: geitga(ga)f.
Norwegian: skvettingno(no)m.
Scottish Gaelic: leumgd(gd)m.
Slovene: skoksl(sl)m., poskoksl(sl)m.
jumping move in a board game
Basque: jauzieu(eu), saltoeu(eu)
Danish: springda(da)n.
Dutch: sprongnl(nl)m.
Finnish: hyppyfi(fi)
Norwegian: sprangno(no)n.
Russian: прыжокru(ru) (pryžók) m.
Serbian: preskoksr(sr), скокsr(sr)
Slovene: preskokm.
discontinuity of function
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