Dictionary entry details
• JUMP (noun)
Meaning:
A sudden and decisive increase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
jump; leap
Context example:
a jump in attendance
Hypernyms ("jump" is a kind of...):
increase (a change resulting in an increase)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jump"):
quantum jump; quantum leap (a sudden large increase or advance)
Meaning:
An abrupt transition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
jump; leap; saltation
Context example:
a successful leap from college to the major leagues
Hypernyms ("jump" is a kind of...):
transition (a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jump"):
quantum jump ((physics) an abrupt transition of an electron or atom or molecule from one quantum state to another with the emission or absorption of a quantum)
Meaning:
(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("jump" is a kind of...):
transition (a passage that connects a topic to one that follows)
Meaning:
A sudden involuntary movement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
startle; start; jump
Context example:
he awoke with a start
Hypernyms ("jump" is a kind of...):
inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jump"):
startle reaction; startle response (a complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions)
Moro reflex; startle reflex (a normal reflex of young infants; a sudden loud noise causes the child to stretch out the arms and flex the legs)
flinch; wince (a reflex response to sudden pain)
Meaning:
Descent with a parachute
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
parachuting; jump
Context example:
he had done a lot of parachuting in the army
Hypernyms ("jump" is a kind of...):
descent (the act of changing your location in a downward direction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jump"):
skydiving (performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute)
Meaning:
The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
jumping; jump
Context examples:
he advanced in a series of jumps / the jumping was unexpected
Hypernyms ("jump" is a kind of...):
actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jump"):
header (a headlong jump (or fall))
capriole ((dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump)
jumping up and down (jumping in one spot (as in excitement))
hurdle; vault (the act of jumping over an obstacle)
bounce; bound; leap; leaping; saltation; spring (a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards)
hop (the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot))
• JUMP (verb)
Meaning:
Move forward by leaps and bounds
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
spring; leap; jump; bound
Context examples:
The horse bounded across the meadow / The child leapt across the puddle / Can you jump over the fence?
Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jump"):
leapfrog (jump across)
overleap; vault (jump across or leap over (an obstacle))
curvet (perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse)
hop; hop-skip; skip (jump lightly)
caper (jump about playfully)
hop (make a jump forward or upward)
vault (bound vigorously)
saltate (leap or skip, often in dancing)
ski jump (jump on skis)
galumph (move around heavily and clumsily)
capriole (perform a capriole, of horses in dressage)
bounce (leap suddenly)
burst (move suddenly, energetically, or violently)
bounce; bound; rebound; recoil; resile; reverberate; ricochet; spring; take a hop (spring back; spring away from an impact)
pronk (jump straight up)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The horses jump across the field
Also:
jump on (get on the back of)
Meaning:
Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
jump; startle; start
Context example:
She startled when I walked into the room
Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jump"):
shy (start suddenly, as from fight)
boggle (startle with amazement or fear)
rear back (start with anger or resentment or in protest)
jackrabbit (go forward or start with a fast, sudden movement)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make a sudden physical attack on
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat
Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):
assail; assault; attack; set on (attack someone physically or emotionally)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Increase suddenly and significantly
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Prices jumped overnight
Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):
climb; mount; rise; wax (go up or advance)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Be highly noticeable
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
jump out; leap out; stand out; stick out; jump
Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):
appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
It ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Enter eagerly into
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
He jumped into the game
Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):
enter; participate (become a participant; be involved in)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Rise in rank or status
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
climb up; jump; rise
Context example:
Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Jump down from an elevated point
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
jump off; leap; jump
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Run off or leave the rails
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
derail; jump
Context example:
the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks
Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
parachute; chute; jump
Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):
dive; plunge; plunk (drop steeply)
"Jump" entails doing...:
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
glide (fly in or as if in a glider plane)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jump"):
sky dive; skydive (jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Cause to jump or leap
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
leap; jump
Context example:
the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop
Cause:
bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The men jump the horses across the field
Meaning:
Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
jump-start; jumpstart; jump
Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):
start; start up (get going or set in motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
These cars won't jump
Meaning:
Bypass
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
skip; skip over; pass over; jump
Context example:
He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible
Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):
drop; leave out; miss; neglect; omit; overleap; overlook; pretermit (leave undone or leave out)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
leap; jump
Context examples:
leap into fame / jump to a conclusion / jump from one thing to another
Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):
change; shift; switch (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
alternate; jump
Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):
alter; change; vary (make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
