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noun
- An instance of propelling oneself into the air.
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- A jumping move in a board game.
- (context, sports, horses) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
verb
- (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- (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.
- (transitive) To move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward.
- (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
- (transitive) To force to jump.
- The rider jumped the horse over the fence.
adverb
- (obsolete) exactly; precisely
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noun
- (colloquial) A spare seat in an aircraft cockpit.
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noun
- the process or result of recharging a battery by jump-starting
- I left my headlights on all night. Could you give me a jump-start?
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