jump scare
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- noun
- /dʒʌmp skɛr/
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- Fans of this series like these movies because they can shut down their brains for 90 minutes, watch an outrageous display of zombie action eye candy, a few jump scares, and Milla Jovovich being awesome.
You know, horror film now, there's so many jump scares, right?
- You know, horror film now, there's so many jump scares, right?
- Even I don't like jump scares at all.
- Mehdi Status gave me a jump scare, man.
- Like it's again, if, if speech is drawn out like this, then it's kind of hard to do a jump scare, right?
Examples
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Two are like straight up slashers, one's some jump scare ghost movie thing, and I think the other two are remakes.
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I know you like the classics and there's nothing more classic than an old jump scare.
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Most horror movies will have some cheesiness but still have some sort of story or jump scares.
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Dead Space uses jump scares so much that they become completely ineffective due to sheer repetition.
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Despite being cute, Luigi's Ghost Mansion puts the GamePad player in charge of really effective jump scares.
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Over the years, they've increasingly become about action, gunfights, and an overload of cheap jump scares.
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Whether popping out of shadows for jump scares or merely lined up in a tableau, they are creepy and mysterious and get under your skin more so, frankly, than any other disturbing images in a mainstream horror film released this year.
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The movie was filled with jump scares, leaving the audience screaming in surprise.
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Many video games rely on jump scares to create a thrilling atmosphere for players.
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I watched a horror film that had so many jump scares that I couldn't relax for a moment.
Synonyms
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2.0
A short time when people feel afraid about something
A short video made to surprise and scare viewers
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Morphology
The noun combines 'jump' (to start or flinch suddenly) with 'scare' (a momentary fright), so the meaning 'a sudden, unexpected fright' is directly inferable from the constituents and standard English compounding. The media-specific usage (films/games) is predictable from context, so a B1 learner who knows the two words would readily understand this term.
Etymology
The expression jump scare comes from the literal idea of making people jump and be scared by a sudden loud noise or image in a film or game. That's why a jump scare means a quick, unexpected moment meant 'to frighten' people.