noun Download 🔗Share The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. Examples : "The cat's jump from the windowsill to the table startled the children. " action sport physiology body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share A dislocation in a stratum; a fault. Examples : "The geologist identified a jump in the rock layers during the field trip. " geology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share An instance of propelling oneself upwards. Examples : "The boy took a skip and a jump down the lane." action sport physiology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An object which causes one to jump, a ramp. Examples : "He went off a jump." sport vehicle stage device essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location. Examples : "There were a couple of jumps from the bridge." action event physics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location. Examples : "She was terrified before the jump, but was thrilled to be skydiving." sport military action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body. Examples : "The sudden noise of the fire alarm caused a jump in the classroom. " physiology sensation action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A jumping move in a board game. Examples : "The "jump" on the game board landed me in the hospital zone. " game essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards). Examples : "Press jump to start." game technology computing electronics device essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly. Examples : "Heartless managed the scale the first jump but fell over the second." sport animal essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (with on) An early start or an advantage. Examples : "He got a jump on the day because he had laid out everything the night before." business essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity. Examples : "The graph of Sarah's test scores showed a jump between the first and second quarters. " math function essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space. Examples : "The theoretical jump to the distant star system was unobservable from Earth. " space technology physics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share Short for jump-start. Examples : "The car needed a jump to get started. " energy vehicle technology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. Examples : "Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high." action sport body physiology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward. Examples : "She is going to jump from the diving board." action body sport essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap. Examples : "to jump a stream" action sport body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently. Examples : "The sudden sharp sound made me jump." physiology body action sensation essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "During the board game, Maria jumped her pawn over the opponent's rook. " game essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward. Examples : "I hate it when people jump the queue." position action organization essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person). Examples : "He jumped with his girlfriend after school. " sex human action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause to jump. Examples : "The rider jumped the horse over the fence." action body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move the distance between two opposing subjects. Examples : "The student jumped from the first to the second step of the ladder. " action sport essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it. Examples : "The construction crew had to jump the tower crane to reach the higher floor. " architecture building technical machine essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter. Examples : "The program jumped to the error-handling section when the user inputted an invalid code. " computing technology electronics essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share Either of the two partners involved in such a single sexual encounter. Examples : "The jump at the party was a surprise to everyone. " sex person essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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