jump : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start
  broad jump.
  
• noun the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start
  broad jump.
  

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• noun riding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanship
  cross-country riding.
  

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• from the start or beginning. Colloq.

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• verb be there first
  
  • They had gotten the jump on their competitors

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• noun a competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar
  
• noun the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar
  

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• a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession.

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• noun an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement
  hop-step-and-jump.
  

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• noun a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
  pink of my John; wild pansy; love-in-idleness; Viola tricolor; heartsease.
  
• noun common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies
  bird's-foot violet; wood violet; pansy violet; Viola pedata.
  

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• noun (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate
  

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• noun an immediate transition from one scene to another
  

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• verb feel extreme happiness or elation
  be on cloud nine; walk on air; exult.
  

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• . (a) A butt joint . (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels.

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• verb set off quickly, usually with success
  
  • The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class
• verb jump down from an elevated point
  jump; leap.
  
  • 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

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• verb get up on the back of
  hop on; get on; mount; mount up; bestride; climb on.
  
  • mount a horse

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• verb be highly noticeable
  jump; stick out; leap out; stand out.
  

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• noun a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it
  skip rope; skipping rope.
  
• noun a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope
  

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• noun a folding seat in an automobile
  

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• . (a) A movable carriage seat . (b) A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat. Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat wagon.

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• noun (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump
  jumper.
  

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• noun one-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist's uniform
  jumpsuit.
  
• noun one-piece uniform worn by parachutists
  

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• noun starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car
  jumpstart.
  
  • my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor
• verb start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
  jump; jumpstart.
  
• verb start or re-start vigorously
  jumpstart.
  
  • The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process

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• adjective satellite (British informal) upstart
  

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• noun seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
  jumping seed; jumping bean.
  

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• noun wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed
  machilid.
  

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• noun a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole)
  transposon.
  

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• noun plaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling strings
  

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• noun any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
  

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• noun orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected
  Catasetum macrocarpum.
  

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• noun small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
  psyllid; psylla.
  

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• noun seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
  jumping seed; jumping bean.
  

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• noun jumping in one spot (as in excitement)
  
  • the wailing and jumping up and down exhausted him

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• noun a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
  point of departure.
  
  • one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him
  • my point of departure was San Francisco

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• noun a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
  point of departure; springboard.
  
  • he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own
  • reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions
  • the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out

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• noun a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start
  broad jump.
  
• noun the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start
  broad jump.
  

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• noun widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada
  Zapus hudsonius.
  

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• noun seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
  jumping seed; jumping bean.
  

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• noun a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole
  pole vaulting; pole vault; pole jump.
  

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• noun a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole
  pole vaulting; pole vault; pole jump.
  

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• noun (physics) an abrupt transition of an electron or atom or molecule from one quantum state to another with the emission or absorption of a quantum
  
• noun a sudden large increase or advance
  quantum leap.
  
  • this may not insure success but it will represent a quantum leap from last summer

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• noun a steep downward ramp from which skiers jump
  
• verb jump on skis
  ski jump.
  

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• noun the act of performing a jump on skis from a high ramp overhanging a snow covered slope
  
• verb jump on skis
  ski jump.
  

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• noun riding horses in competitions over set courses to demonstrate skill in jumping over obstacles
  showjumping.
  

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• to enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation. Western U. S. & Australia See Claim, n., 3.

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• to spring to; hence, fig., to accept suddenly or eagerly; as, a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at a chance.

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• to abscond while at liberty under bail bonds. Slang, U. S.

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• noun an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement
  hop-step-and-jump.
  

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• noun a pool or stream in a steeplechase or similar contest
  

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