Meaning

27 senses
  1. (intransitive)To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.

    The boy jumped over a fence.

    Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high.

    springen, hüpfen

    пры́гатьprýgatʹ, пры́гнутьprýgnutʹ, скака́тьskakátʹ

    стриба́тиstrybáty, стрибну́тиstrybnúty, скака́тиskakáty

  2. (intransitive)To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.

    She is going to jump from the diving board.

    springen

    пры́гатьprýgatʹ, пры́гнутьprýgnutʹ, спры́гиватьsprýgivatʹ

  3. (transitive)To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.

    to jump a stream

  4. (intransitive)To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.

    springen

    пры́гатьprýgatʹ, пры́гнутьprýgnutʹ, спрыгиватьsprygivatʹ

  5. (intransitive)To jerk the body involuntarily in response to a sudden or unexpected stimulus.

    That balloon popping made me jump.

    He jumped when he looked up to see a man standing before him.

  6. To jerk the body involuntarily in response to a sudden or unexpected stimulus.

    (intransitive, transitive, usually)To drop sharply downward at the sound of a bowstring release or the fire of a gun.

    The deer jumped the string, so the archer missed his target.

    The buck jumped at the shot of the rifle.

  7. (figuratively, intransitive)To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.

    Share prices jumped by 10% after the company announced record profits.

    rise in rank or status

  8. (intransitive)To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.

    The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.

    перепры́гиватьpereprýgivatʹ, перепры́гнутьpereprýgnutʹ, перескакиватьpereskakivatʹ

  9. (transitive)To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.

    I hate it when people jump the queue.

    move forward by leaps and bounds

  10. (transitive)To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.

  11. (transitive)To attack suddenly and violently.

    The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.

    increase suddenly and significantly

  12. (slang, transitive)To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).

Examples

1582 sentences
  1. The dog jumped over a chair.

    Собака перестрибнув через стілець.

    deDer Hund sprang über einen Stuhl.

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  2. Tom jumped into the swimming pool.

    Том стрибнув до басейну.

    deTom sprang ins Schwimmbecken.

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  3. Tom jumped out of his bed.

    Том вискочив з ліжка.

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  4. Tom wasn't jumping on the bed.

    Том не стрибав на ліжку.

    ruТом не прыгал на кровати.

    deTom ist nicht auf dem Bett gehüpft.

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  5. Tom tried to stop Mary from jumping.

    Том спробував втримати Мері від стрибку.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne — see also leap:
Русский
By meaning 5
react to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body violently:
propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne — see also leap:
cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward:
employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location:
employ a move in certain board games in which one piece moves over another:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
react to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body violently:
propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne — see also leap:

Origin

From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German o

From 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.

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Forms

jumps, jumping, jumped, jumped
Base formjump · to jump
3rd person singularjumps
Present participlejumping
Past simplejumped
Past participlejumped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjump
he, she, itjumps

Past simpleLesson

all personsjumped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jumped
he, she, ithas jumped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jump

Phrasal verbs

9 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

28 synonyms
propel oneself upwards:leapB1springA1
move to a position in a queue/line:skipB2cutA1
jerk the body involuntarily in response to a sudden stimulus:twitchC1startA1flinchstartle reflexjump out of one's skinleap out of one's skin
cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall:jump downjump off
employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location:skydive
attack suddenly and violently:ambush
engage in sexual intercourse:hump
make one's escape:beat it
Close in meaning

Word family

35 related words

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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