jump
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5.5
- noun
- /dʒʌmp/
- Now, next time you want to do a jump, do it without the bag.
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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
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4.1
Jumping from a plane for sport and opening a parachute during the fall
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3.8
An activity of jumping from a plane using a parachute
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7.2
To glide through the air using a canopy like a parachute for fun
Idioms
- Informal
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5.0
To start doing something popular because many others do it, often to get an advantage
- Informal
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8.2
To suddenly speak angrily and criticize someone for a small mistake
- Slang
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9.4
To start to get worse after a silly or big change, for example in a TV show
- Informal
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7.8
Start a difficult task without much preparation or experience
- Offensive
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9.9
A rude joking way to tell someone to go away without meaning it
- Informal
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8.3
To join a business or project that is likely to fail even though there are clear risks
Compounds
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2.6
An athletic event where athletes jump over a horizontal bar without knocking it down
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4.0
An act of starting a car with a dead battery using another car's battery and cables
- Specialized
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4.1
A basketball way where the referee tosses the ball between two players who jump to tap it to a teammate
- Specialized
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6.8
A sudden change between two film shots that makes action or time seem to skip
- Jargon
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9.9
A machine in science fiction that lets ships travel instantly between distant stars
- Specialized
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7.6
A sudden cut between shots in a film that shows time passing or makes the action jump
- Specialized
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8.5
A sudden change in an electron's energy level when it gains or loses energy
- Specialized
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7.5
A jump with arms and legs stretched out to the sides like an eagle
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6.6
A track event where an athlete does a hop, a step, then a long jump in one run
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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.