jump

Etymology 1
From, probably of or  origin, ultimately from , an iterative verb. The OED suggests an origin. Others have connected it to, which is unlikely. Related to. In the sense “to propel oneself” it displaced partially and  largely.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, (dialectal 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, Walser dialect ), 🇨🇬 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,.

Verb

 * 1)  To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
 * 2)  To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
 * 3)  To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.
 * 4)  To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
 * 5)  To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
 * 6)  To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
 * 7)  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.
 * 8)  To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
 * 9)  To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.
 * 10)  To attack suddenly and violently.
 * 11)  To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
 * 12)  To cause to jump.
 * 13)  To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
 * 14)  To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
 * 15)  To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
 * 16)  To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
 * 17)  To join by a buttweld.
 * 18) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
 * 19)  To bore with a jumper.
 * 20) To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
 * 21)  To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.
 * 22)  To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
 * 23)  To flee; to make one's escape.
 * 24)  To shift one's position or attitude, especially suddenly and significantly.
 * The administration is jumping back from that message.
 * Think hard before you jump towards a particular solution.
 * 1)  To switch locations on chromosomes.
 * 1)  To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
 * 2)  To join by a buttweld.
 * 3) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
 * 4)  To bore with a jumper.
 * 5) To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
 * 6)  To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.
 * 7)  To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
 * 8)  To flee; to make one's escape.
 * 9)  To shift one's position or attitude, especially suddenly and significantly.
 * The administration is jumping back from that message.
 * Think hard before you jump towards a particular solution.
 * 1)  To switch locations on chromosomes.
 * 1)  To flee; to make one's escape.
 * 2)  To shift one's position or attitude, especially suddenly and significantly.
 * The administration is jumping back from that message.
 * Think hard before you jump towards a particular solution.
 * 1)  To switch locations on chromosomes.
 * 1)  To switch locations on chromosomes.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:attack
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
 * see also Thesaurus:make a hole
 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:flee
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:attack
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
 * see also Thesaurus:make a hole
 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:flee
 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:flee

Derived terms
See also jumped, jamp, jumper and jumping

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Akan: huruw
 * Albanian:
 * Alviri-Vidari: بپرستن
 * American Sign Language: V@Palm-FingerDown-OpenB@CenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp BentV@NearPalm-FingerDown-OpenB@CenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: نط
 * Hijazi Arabic: نط, نَقَز, نَطْنَط
 * South Levantine Arabic: نط
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian: sar, ansar
 * Assamese: জঁপিওৱা, জাঁপ মাৰা
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܵܘܹܙ, ܫܵܘܹܪ
 * Asturian: blincar, saltar
 * Azerbaijani:, , hoppanmaq, ,
 * Bashkir: һикереү, ырғыу
 * Basque: ,
 * Belarusian: скака́ць, ско́кнуць, ско́чыць
 * Bengali: লাফান, ঝাঁপ দেত্তয়া
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian:, ско́ча
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏔᏕᎦ
 * Chickasaw: malli
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 跳
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dalmatian: satur
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Elfdalian: uppa
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: hüppama
 * Faroese: hoppa, leypa
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: saltâ
 * Galician: brincar,, , galgar, , avantar, avantuxar, chimpar, ralbar
 * Georgian: ხტომა, ხტუნვა, ხტუნაობა
 * German: ,
 * Alemannic German: gumpe, springä
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: πηδάω, ἅλλομαι
 * Greenlandic: pissippoq
 * Hadza: khaxxe
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: hypätä
 * Irish: léim
 * Istriot: saltà
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Javanese:
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, 점프하다
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ໂດດ, ກະໂດດ
 * Latgalian: lēkt, laksteit
 * Latin: saliō, saltō
 * Latvian: ,
 * Lithuanian:, šokinėti
 * Lombard:
 * Luxembourgish: sprangen
 * Macedonian: ско́ка, ско́кне
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: qabeż
 * Maori: panau, oma
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Mozarabic: شاوتا
 * Neapolitan: zumpà
 * Norman: sauter
 * Northern Sami: njuiket
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: hoppa
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: hlēapan
 * Oromo: utaaluu
 * Persian:, ,
 * Piedmontese: sauté
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: siglir, saglir, sagleir
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit: प्रवते,
 * Sardinian: saltai, saltare, sartare
 * Scottish Gaelic: leum
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ска́кати, ско̀чити
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian: ,
 * Slovak: skákať, skočiť
 * Slovene:, skočiti
 * Somali: boodid
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: skokaś, skócyś
 * Upper Sorbian:, skočić
 * Spanish: ,
 * Sranan Tongo: dyompo
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: talon, lundag, kandag
 * Tajik:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian: стриба́ти, стрибну́ти, скака́ти, скакну́ти
 * Urdu: کُودْنا
 * Uyghur: سەكرىمەك
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian: saltar
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:, , , ,
 * Welsh: ,
 * Yiddish: שפּרינגען


 * Basque: ,
 * Bulgarian:, ско́ча
 * Catalan:
 * Chickasaw: malli, mallittakaali
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: chimpar,, brincar, cimpar, aveirar
 * Georgian: ჩახტომა
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Ingrian: hypätä
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: ско́ка, ско́кне
 * Malayalam:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Norman: sauter
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old English: hlēapan
 * Persian: پایین پریدن
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: leum
 * Slovene:, skočiti
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: skokaś, skócyś
 * Upper Sorbian:, skočić
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Basque: ,
 * Bulgarian:, ско́ча
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:, chimpar, cimpar
 * Georgian: გადახტომა
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: ско́ка, ско́кне
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: leum
 * Slovene:, skočiti
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ,


 * Bulgarian:, подско́ча
 * Catalan:
 * Chickasaw: mallittakaali
 * Danish: spjætte, fare sammen
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: espuliñar, atoutar, atorar, atortar, trafugar
 * Georgian: ახტომა, შეკრთომა
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Macedonian: ско́кнува, ско́кне
 * Malayalam: പേടിച്ച് ചാടുക,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: skvette
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: leum
 * Slovene:, skočiti, poskakovati, poskočiti
 * Swedish: ,


 * Basque: ,
 * Bulgarian:, преско́ча
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: rebrincar,, resbar, avantuxar
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: преско́кнува, пре́скокне
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hoppe over
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovene: preskakovati, preskočiti
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian:, преско́ча
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: springe over
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: avantar, avantuxar
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: преско́кнува, пре́скокне
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: snike, gå forbi
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovene: preskakovati, preskočiti
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, gå förbi
 * Thai:


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek:


 * Breton:,  ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Guaraní:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Korean: ,
 * Latvian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tupinambá:

Noun

 * 1) The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
 * 2) An effort; an attempt; a venture.
 * 3)  A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
 * 4)  An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
 * 5) An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
 * 6)  An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
 * 7) An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
 * 8) An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
 * 9) An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
 * 10) A jumping move in a board game.
 * 11) A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
 * 12)  An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
 * 13)  An early start or an advantage.
 * 14)  A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
 * 15)  An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
 * 16)  An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
 * 17)  A change of the path of execution to a different location.
 * 1) A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
 * 2)  An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
 * 3)  An early start or an advantage.
 * 4)  A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
 * 5)  An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
 * 6)  An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
 * 7)  A change of the path of execution to a different location.
 * 1)  A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
 * 2)  An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
 * 3)  An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
 * 4)  A change of the path of execution to a different location.

Translations

 * Arabic: قَفْزَة
 * Hijazi Arabic: نَطَّة
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: জাঁপ, লাফ, ওফৰ, ছিটিক
 * Asturian:, blincu
 * Basque: jauzi,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Corsican: saltu
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: hüpe
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: salt
 * Galician:, , chimpo, , pincho
 * Georgian: ნახტომი
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Gump
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: πήδημα, ἅλμα
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ingrian: hyppy
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:, 점프
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: باز
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: lēciens
 * Lithuanian: šuolis
 * Lombard:
 * Macedonian: скок
 * Maltese: qabża
 * Norwegian:, sprang
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: hlīep
 * Persian: بپر
 * Plautdietsch: Sprunk
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: phinkiy
 * Russian: ,
 * Sami:
 * Skolt Sami: njoikk
 * Scottish Gaelic: leum
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: скок
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:, ,
 * Slovene: skok
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: skok
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: стрибо́к
 * Venetian:, salto
 * Walloon: potchaedje,, såtlaedje, zouplaedje
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: שפּרונג


 * Armenian:
 * Basque: jauzi,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Ingrian: hyppy
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: скок
 * Norwegian:, sprang
 * Old English: hlīep
 * Plautdietsch: Sprunk
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: leum
 * Slovene: skok
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: skok
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: стрибо́к


 * Basque: jauzi,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: צניחה
 * Macedonian: скок
 * Norwegian:, sprang
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: leum
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovene: skok
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: spjæt
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: barakto
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:, kippur
 * Irish: geit
 * Macedonian: скок
 * Norwegian: skvetting
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: leum, clisgeadh
 * Slovene: skok, poskok
 * Swedish:


 * Basque: jauzi,
 * Bulgarian: прескачане
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Gump
 * Macedonian: прескок, скок
 * Norwegian: sprang
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: скок
 * Roman:
 * Slovene: preskok
 * Swedish:


 * Esperanto:
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Unterbruch
 * Hebrew:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic:
 * Breton: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Guaraní:
 * Interlingua:
 * Malayalam:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tupinambá:

Adverb

 * 1)  Exactly; precisely

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:exactly

Adjective

 * 1)  Exact; matched; fitting; precise.

Etymology 2
Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A kind of loose jacket for men.

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to commit suicide by jumping from a building; to jump to one's death

Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) beside
 * 2) to, towards

Etymology
From English jump.

Verb

 * 1) to jump