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jumps

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The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.

Examples :

"The cat's jumps from the floor to the table are quick and graceful. "

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An effort; an attempt; a venture.

Examples :

"Even though he was nervous, he decided to give his presentation a jumps and volunteered to go first. "

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A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

Examples :

"The geologist pointed out the jumps in the rock layers, indicating past earthquakes. "

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An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

Examples :

"The bricklayer filled the small jumps in the garden wall with mortar to make the surface smooth. "

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An instance of propelling oneself upwards.

Examples :

"The boy took a skip and a jump down the lane."

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An object which causes one to jump, a ramp.

Examples :

"He went off a jump."

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An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.

Examples :

"There were a couple of jumps from the bridge."

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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."

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An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.

Examples :

"The sudden noise from the construction site caused a jump in the boy's chair. "

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A jumping move in a board game.

Examples :

"In checkers, multiple jumps can lead to a quick win. "

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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."

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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."

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(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."

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A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.

Examples :

"The graph of the thermostat setting throughout the day has jumps whenever someone changes the temperature suddenly. "

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An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.

Examples :

"The space freighter made three successful jumps across the galaxy to deliver the medical supplies on time, appearing instantly at each distant destination without anyone seeing it travel between points. "

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A change of the path of execution to a different location.

Examples :

"The program's unexpected jumps in the code caused errors in the calculations. "

computing technology

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Short for jump-start.

Examples :

"He needed jumps to get his old car started. "

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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."

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To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.

Examples :

"She is going to jump from the diving board."

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To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.

Examples :

"to jump a stream"

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To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.

Examples :

"During military training, the soldier jumps from the airplane with a parachute. "

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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."

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To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.

Examples :

"Share prices jumped by 10% after the company announced record profits."

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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 :

"In checkers, the player jumps an opponent's piece to remove it from the board. "

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To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.

Examples :

"I hate it when people jump the queue."

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To attack suddenly and violently.

Examples :

"The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley."

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To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).

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To cause to jump.

Examples :

"The rider jumped the horse over the fence."

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To move the distance between two opposing subjects.

Examples :

"The dog jumps over the fence that separates my yard from my neighbor's. "

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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 jumps the crane every few weeks to keep it tall enough to build the higher floors of the skyscraper. "

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To increase speed aggressively and without warning.

Examples :

""The price of gasoline suddenly jumps at the start of the summer." "

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To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.

Examples :

"He jumps his savings into the stock market hoping for a quick profit. "

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(smithwork) To join by a buttweld.

Examples :

"The blacksmith jumps the two pieces of iron together to form a strong ring. "

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To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.

Examples :

"The clumsy carpenter jumps the end of the wooden plank repeatedly with his hammer, trying to widen it. "

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(quarrying) To bore with a jumper.

Examples :

"The quarry worker jumps the stone, creating holes for the explosives. "

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To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.

Examples :

"Her explanation of the problem jumps with mine, so I think we understand it the same way. "

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To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.

Examples :

"The program jumps to a different part of the code when the user clicks the button. "

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To flee; to make one's escape.

Examples :

"When the alarm went off during the prison riot, the convict jumps the wall and runs away. "

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A kind of loose jacket for men.

Examples :

"My grandfather always wore comfortable jumps around the house instead of a suit jacket. "

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A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

Examples :

""For comfort while doing chores, the maid often preferred wearing her simple linen jumps instead of a stiff corset." "

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An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening.

Examples :

"The old vaudeville troupe booked several jumps across the state, hoping to revive their act in smaller towns. "

entertainment music stage culture

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Examples :

"After a few chance encounters at the conference, Sarah and Michael had a jumps, agreeing it was a fun, one-time thing. "

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Either of the two partners involved in such a single sexual encounter.

Examples :

""The study tracked the participants' number of casual jumps over the past year, focusing on safe-sex practices." "

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