Noun | 1. | jump - a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" Synonyms: leap |
2. | jump - an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues" | |
3. | jump - (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another | |
4. | jump - a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start" | |
5. | ![]() Synonyms: parachuting | |
6. | jump - the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected" Synonyms: jumping | |
Verb | 1. | jump - move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" |
2. | jump - move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room" | |
3. | jump - make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat" | |
4. | jump - increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight" | |
5. | jump - be highly noticeable | |
6. | jump - enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game" | |
7. | jump - rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list" | |
8. | jump - run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks" Synonyms: derail | |
9. | jump - jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute Synonyms: parachute | |
10. | jump - cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop" Synonyms: leap | |
11. | jump - start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car's battery Synonyms: jump-start, jumpstart | |
12. | jump - bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" | |
13. | jump - pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion" Synonyms: leap | |
14. | jump - go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions Synonyms: alternate |
(programming) | jump - (Or "branch") The term for a goto instruction, usually in a context of machine languages. "Branch" may be synonymous with "jump", or may refer to jumps that depend on a condition. |