jump
The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a boundThe act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
» The dog jumped over a chair.
Der Hund sprang über einen Stuhl. — bonny37
Собака перестрибнув через стілець. — deniko
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20 sensesThe act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
An effort; an attempt; a venture.
A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
The boy took a skip and a jump down the lane.
Sprung
прыжо́кpryžók, скачо́кskačók
стрибо́кstrybók
An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
The skier flew off the jump and landed perfectly.
An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
There were a couple of jumps from the bridge.
Sprung
прыжо́кpryžók
стрибо́кstrybók
An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
She was terrified before the jump, but was thrilled to be skydiving.
Sprung
прыжо́кpryžók
An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
A jumping move in a board game.
the knight's jump in chess
прыжо́кpryžók
A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
Press jump to start.
An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
Heartless managed the scale the first jump but fell over the second.
Examples
1582 sentencesThe dog jumped over a chair.
Собака перестрибнув через стілець. — deniko
deDer Hund sprang über einen Stuhl. — bonny37
Tom jumped into the swimming pool.
Том стрибнув до басейну. — deniko
deTom sprang ins Schwimmbecken. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom jumped out of his bed.
Том вискочив з ліжка. — deniko
Tom wasn't jumping on the bed.
Том не стрибав на ліжку. — rmdas
ruТом не прыгал на кровати. — marafon
deTom ist nicht auf dem Bett gehüpft. — brauchinet
Tom tried to stop Mary from jumping.
Том спробував втримати Мері від стрибку. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German oFrom Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gumpōną ~ *gumbōną (“to hop, skip, bounce”), an iterative verb. The OED suggests an imitative origin. Related to jumble. In the sense “to propel oneself” it displaced leap partially and spring largely.
Compare French jupe (“a long petticoat, a skirt”) and English jupon.
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Forms
plural: jumpsSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
73 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- jumped into the
- jumped out of
- jump to conclusions
- jumped over the
- jumped off the
- try bungee jumping
- to jump into
- bungee jumping
- jumping rope
- jumped on the
- jumped up and
- to jump off