JUMPING
Dictionary entry overview: What does jumping mean?
• JUMPING (noun)
The noun JUMPING has 2 senses:
1. the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
2. the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
Familiarity information: JUMPING used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• JUMPING (noun)
Meaning:
The act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("jumping" is a kind of...):
track and field (participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jumping"):
broad jump; long jump (the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start)
high jump (the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar)
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 ("jumping" is a kind of...):
actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jumping"):
header (a headlong jump (or fall))
hop (the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot))
bounce; bound; leap; leaping; saltation; spring (a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards)
hurdle; vault (the act of jumping over an obstacle)
jumping up and down (jumping in one spot (as in excitement))
capriole ((dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump)
