to jump
- verb
- /dʒʌmp/
- You basically have to jump up and down or stand on your head.
And so that famous shot of Jamie jumping at the blast wave is Jamie acting.
- And so that famous shot of Jamie jumping at the blast wave is Jamie acting.
Examples
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Every time the phone rang, I jumped.
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You can jump out and scare people.
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Every noise at night caused me to jump and look out of our hotel window.
Academic text (1993) -
Everyone in the stadium jumped to their feet except my father and me.
Fiction book (1990) -
The house phone rang, and she jumped at the sudden noise.
Fiction book (1990) -
In near panic, Jacob jumps across the track as the train spins by.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then, as if he were possessed, he flung the sheet aside and jumped to the floor.
Fiction book (1990) -
He jumped when he heard a loud noise behind him.
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The sudden explosion made everyone jump in surprise.
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I couldn't help but jump when the movie's climax startled me.
Synonyms
To make a sudden small movement when surprised or afraid
To move suddenly by jumping, leaping, or bouncing
To move suddenly, for example by jumping, because you feel surprised
To be very surprised and move suddenly because of fear
To jump out suddenly from a hiding place to surprise someone
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To start doing something popular because many others do it, often to get an advantage
- Informal
To suddenly speak angrily and criticize someone for a small mistake
- Slang
To start to get worse after a silly or big change, for example in a TV show
- Informal
Start a difficult task without much preparation or experience
- Offensive
A rude joking way to tell someone to go away without meaning it
- Informal
To join a business or project that is likely to fail even though there are clear risks
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Decide quickly about someone or something without enough information
To start a car engine that has a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
Compounds
An athletic event where athletes jump over a horizontal bar without knocking it down
- Specialized
A basketball way where the referee tosses the ball between two players who jump to tap it to a teammate
An act of starting a car with a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
- Specialized
A sudden change between two film shots that makes action or time seem to skip
A track event where an athlete does a hop, a step, then a long jump in one run
- Jargon
A machine in science fiction that lets ships travel instantly between distant stars
- Specialized
A sudden cut between shots in a film that shows time passing or makes the action jump
- Specialized
A sudden change in an electron's energy level when it gains or loses energy
- Specialized
A jump with arms and legs stretched out to the sides like an eagle
How Sudden
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jump meaning 'move or start suddenly' comes from the same old idea of a quick hop or sudden movement, so you can think of a small, fast 'jump' your body makes when it is surprised.