jump
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5.5
- noun
- /dʒʌmp/
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salto en paracaídas
- Now, next time you want to do a jump, do it without the bag.
It's the only program in the in the world that is the first jump is free fall and solo.
- It's the only program in the in the world that is the first jump is free fall and solo.
Examples
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Now, assuming Private Ryan even survived the jump, he could be anywhere.
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Tell them to be on course and ready for a jump at any second, but to stand by.
Fiction book (1999) -
If we hurry, we can do a jump before the others get there.
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So skydiving is quite simple, pretty much for your first jump, you get to, like, relax and have all the fun.
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There's sufficient clearing to make your jump at last light.
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The high-altitude, low-opening jump, the HALO, is where we get the most fatalities.
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Gillespie, Berman, and Salt strap themselves into the row of jump seats along the fuselage.
Fiction book (1995) -
During the season of 2001/2002, 3,000 spectators attended the ski-jump competition held in the K-120.
Academic text (2005) -
After thorough training, I finally made my first jump from the plane into the open sky.
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The thrill of my first jump was an unforgettable experience as I descended with my parachute.
Synonyms
25
4.1
Jumping from a plane for sport and opening a parachute during the fall
3
3.8
An activity of jumping from a plane using a parachute
To glide through the air using a canopy like a parachute for fun
Idioms
- Informal
20
5.0
To start doing something popular because many others do it, often to get an advantage
- Informal
4
8.2
To suddenly speak angrily and criticize someone for a small mistake
- Slang
4
9.4
To start to get worse after a silly or big change, for example in a TV show
- Informal
1
7.8
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
Compounds
4
2.6
An athletic event where athletes jump over a horizontal bar without knocking it down
- Specialized
3
4.1
A basketball way where the referee tosses the ball between two players who jump to tap it to a teammate
2
4.0
An act of starting a car with a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
- Specialized
1
6.8
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 Dangerous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jump for the act of descending by parachute comes from the basic idea of a leap, so a 'jump' in skydiving is the act of leaving the plane and falling with a parachute.