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Definition jump in British English

jump verb

verb
/dʒʌmp/
1

to move your body off the ground using your legs

Example

You'll have to jump if you want to catch it.

Example

I had to jump around a bit to get warm.

Example

The cat jumped up onto my lap.

Example

The children were all jumping up and down and cheering.

Synonyms and related words
jump bound leap
1.1

to move your body over something by pushing yourself off the ground using your legs

Example

Tanya jumped the fence and walked across the field.

Example

I jumped over the wall.

Synonyms and related words
jump bound leap
1.2

to push yourself, or to let yourself drop, from a very high place

Example

They jump from the plane at about eight thousand feet.

Example

I grabbed my son and jumped out of the window.

Synonyms and related words
fall lower come down
1.3

to push yourself, or to let yourself drop, from a place that is a short distance above the ground

Example

Don't jump down the stairs!

Example

He jumped from his horse.

Synonyms and related words
fall lower come down
2

to move somewhere very suddenly

Example

Ella jumped into the car and drove off at high speed.

Synonyms and related words
fly hasten speed
3

to get a shock and suddenly move your body slightly because of this. If you jump out of your skin, you get a very big shock

Example

The noise made her jump.

Synonyms and related words
be taken aback marvel start
3.1

if your heart jumps, it suddenly feels as if it is not beating regularly, for example because you are frightened or excited

Example

When he talked to me, I felt my heart jump.

Synonyms and related words
beat bleed clot
3.2

if an object jumps, it moves suddenly

Example

He banged the table with his fist and the glasses jumped.

Synonyms and related words
twitch come at lunge
4

to increase or improve suddenly by a large amount

Example

Profits jumped by 15% last year.

Example

Williams jumped from 39th to 5th in the world rankings.

Synonyms and related words
increase go up add to improve recover look up
5

to move quickly from one idea to another, in a way that is confusing or wrong

Example

The conversation suddenly jumped back to what had happened yesterday.

Example

We shouldn't jump to conclusions about the cause of the problem.

Synonyms and related words
change your mind see reason/sense adapt
5.1

to move from one part of something to another part and miss something

Example

I'm sorry, I've jumped a paragraph.

Example

Let's now jump to page 10.

Synonyms and related words
head go progress
6

to immediately do what someone tells you to do although you do not want to do it

Example

He gives the orders and I'm expected to jump.

Synonyms and related words
obey observe comply
7

to attack someone physically

Example

He was jumped by a gang of teenagers.

Synonyms and related words
attack assault set on
8

to work in a way that is not continuous or smooth

Example

The screen (=the images on the screen) on this computer keeps jumping.

Synonyms and related words
backfire burn up come to life
9

to have sex with someone, or to try to have sex with them

Synonyms and related words
sleep with consummate copulate
10

to jump-start a car

Synonyms and related words
back up belt up be on someone’s tail
Definition jump in British English

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