ENGLISH: jump - CREOLE: ponpe



Overview of noun jump



The noun jump has 6 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. jump, leap -- (a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance")

2. leap, jump, saltation -- (an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues")

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

4. startle, jump, start -- (a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start")

5. jump, parachuting -- (descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army")

6. jump, jumping -- (the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected")



Overview of verb jump



The verb jump has 15 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)



1. (19) jump, leap, bound, spring -- (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. (6) startle, jump, start -- (move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room")

3. (4) jump -- (make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat")

4. (2) jump -- (increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight")

5. (1) leap out, jump out, jump, stand out, stick out -- (be highly noticeable)

6. (1) jump -- (enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game")

7. (1) rise, jump, climb up -- (rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list")

8. jump, leap, jump off -- (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. derail, jump -- (run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks")

10. chute, parachute, jump -- (jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute)

11. jump, leap -- (cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop")

12. jumpstart, jump-start, jump -- (start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery)

13. jump, pass over, skip, skip over -- (bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible")

14. leap, jump -- (pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another")

15. alternate, jump -- (go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions)

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