(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~, you bend your knees, push against the ground with your feet, and move quickly upwards into the air.
I ~ed over the fence...
I’d ~ed seventeen feet six in the long ~, which was a school record...
Whoever heard of a basketball player who doesn’t need to ~?
VERB: V prep/adv, V n, V
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Jump is also a noun.
She was taking tiny ~s in her excitement.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ from something above the ground, you deliberately push yourself into the air so that you drop towards the ground.
He ~ed out of a third-floor window...
I ~ed the last six feet down to the deck.
= leap
VERB: V prep/adv, V n, also V
3.
If you ~ something such as a fence, you move quickly up and through the air over or across it.
He ~ed the first fence beautifully.
VERB: V n
4.
If you ~ somewhere, you move there quickly and suddenly.
Adam ~ed from his seat at the girl’s cry...
VERB: V prep/adv
5.
If something makes you ~, it makes you make a sudden movement because you are frightened or surprised.
The phone shrilled, making her ~.
VERB: V
6.
If an amount or level ~s, it suddenly increases or rises by a large amount in a short time.
Sales ~ed from $94 million to over $101 million...
The number of crimes ~ed by ten per cent last year...
Shares in Euro Disney ~ed 17p.
VERB: V to/from amount, V by amount, V amount
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Jump is also a noun.
...a big ~ in energy conservation.
N-COUNT: with supp, usu N in n
7.
If someone ~s a queue, they move to the front of it and are served or dealt with before it is their turn. (BRIT)
The prince refused to ~ the queue for treatment at the local hospital.
VERB: V n
8.
If you ~ at an offer or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly.
Members of the public would ~ at the chance to become part owners of the corporation.
VERB: no cont, V at n
9.
If someone ~s on you, they quickly criticize you if you do something that they do not approve of.
A lot of people ~ed on me about that, you know.
VERB: V on n
10.
see also bungee ~ing , high ~ , long ~ , queue-~ing , show ~ing , triple ~
11.
If you get a ~ on something or someone or get the ~ on them, you gain an advantage over them. (AM)
Helicopters helped fire crews get a ~ on the blaze...
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
12.
to ~ on the bandwagon: see bandwagon
to ~ bail: see bail
to ~ to a conclusion: see conclusion
to ~ the gun: see gun
to ~ for joy: see joy