transcription, транскрипция: [ dʒʌmp ]
( jumps, jumping, jumped)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you jump , you bend your knees, push against the ground with your feet, and move quickly upwards into the air.
I jumped over the fence...
I’d jumped seventeen feet six in the long jump, which was a school record...
Whoever heard of a basketball player who doesn’t need to jump?
VERB : V prep / adv , V n , V
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Jump is also a noun.
She was taking tiny jumps in her excitement.
N-COUNT
2.
If you jump from something above the ground, you deliberately push yourself into the air so that you drop towards the ground.
He jumped out of a third-floor window...
I jumped the last six feet down to the deck.
= leap
VERB : V prep / adv , V n , also V
3.
If you jump something such as a fence, you move quickly up and through the air over or across it.
He jumped the first fence beautifully.
VERB : V n
4.
If you jump somewhere, you move there quickly and suddenly.
Adam jumped from his seat at the girl’s cry...
VERB : V prep / adv
5.
If something makes you jump , it makes you make a sudden movement because you are frightened or surprised.
The phone shrilled, making her jump.
VERB : V
6.
If an amount or level jumps , it suddenly increases or rises by a large amount in a short time.
Sales jumped from $94 million to over $101 million...
The number of crimes jumped by ten per cent last year...
Shares in Euro Disney jumped 17p.
VERB : V to/from amount , V by amount , V amount
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Jump is also a noun.
...a big jump in energy conservation.
N-COUNT : with supp , usu N in n
7.
If someone jumps 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 jump the queue for treatment at the local hospital.
VERB : V n
8.
If you jump at an offer or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly.
Members of the public would jump at the chance to become part owners of the corporation.
VERB : no cont , V at n
9.
If someone jumps on you, they quickly criticize you if you do something that they do not approve of.
A lot of people jumped on me about that, you know.
VERB : V on n
10.
If someone jumps you, they attack you suddenly or unexpectedly. ( mainly AM INFORMAL )
Half a dozen sailors jumped him.
VERB : V n
11.
see also bungee jumping , high jump , long jump , queue-jumping , show jumping , triple jump
12.
If you get a jump on something or someone or get the jump on them, you gain an advantage over them. ( AM )
Helicopters helped fire crews get a jump on the blaze...
PHRASE : V inflects , PHR n
13.
to jump on the bandwagon: see bandwagon
to jump bail: see bail
to jump to a conclusion: see conclusion
to jump the gun: see gun
to jump for joy: see joy