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jump

Noun

a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"

Synonyms:

• jump
• leap

Noun

an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"

Synonyms:

• leap
• jump
• saltation

Noun

(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another

Synonyms:

• jump

Noun

a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"

Synonyms:

• startle
• jump
• start

Noun

descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"

Synonyms:

• jump
• parachuting

Noun

the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"

Synonyms:

• jump
• jumping

Verb

move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

Synonyms:

• jump
• leap
• bound
• spring

Verb

move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

Synonyms:

• startle
• jump
• start

Verb

make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"

Synonyms:

• jump

Verb

increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"

Synonyms:

• jump

Verb

be highly noticeable

Synonyms:

• leap out
• jump out
• jump
• stand out
• stick out

Verb

enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"

Synonyms:

• jump

Verb

rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

Synonyms:

• rise
• jump
• climb up

Verb

jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"

Synonyms:

• jump
• leap
• jump off

Verb

run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"

Synonyms:

• derail
• jump

Verb

jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

Synonyms:

• chute
• parachute
• jump

Verb

cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"

Synonyms:

• jump
• leap

Verb

start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

Synonyms:

• jumpstart
• jump-start
• jump

Verb

bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"

Synonyms:

• jump
• pass over
• skip
• skip over

Verb

pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"

Synonyms:

• leap
• jump

Verb

go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

Synonyms:

• alternate
• jump