JUMPING

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

jump; jumping

Context example:

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)

Derivation:

jump (move forward by leaps and bounds)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes protein JTB, is involved in jumping translocation.

(JTB wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of telomeric repeats and jumping translocation.

(JTB Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

That stress can come from: • Injuries • Bruises that you get walking, running or jumping • Wearing shoes that don't fit or aren't made well • Being overweight

(Heel Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

“I'll take what I have,” she said, jumping to her feet.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The measurer in the distance fell flat upon his face, and then jumping up again, he began to run in the opposite direction.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then came a heavy blow, and down he fell in the middle of the moonlit road, flapping and jumping among the dust like a trout new landed.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There are no marks of any one jumping down upon the other side.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Jumping down, he watched it until the long legs stopped wiggling, when he knew it was quite dead.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

The driver saw it at the same moment; he at once checked the horses, and, jumping to the ground, disappeared into the darkness.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“I should be most happy,” replied he aloud, and jumping up with alacrity, “it would give me the greatest pleasure; but that I am this moment going to dance.”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)