🚀 A tiny jump 📈 A small increase 🤏 To jump slightly

to microjump

7.7

To make a very small quick jump to move a little

verb
/ˈmaɪkroʊˌdʒʌmp/

: micro-saltar

She microjumps to avoid the puddles.

Examples

The cat microjumped onto the table quickly.
The robot can microjump to adjust its position on the assembly line.
To avoid the obstacle, the drone performed a quick microjump to the left.
Gamers use the term microjump when describing tiny, precise movements in platform games.
The robot can microjump to adjust its position on the assembly line.
To avoid the obstacle, the drone performed a quick microjump to the left.
During the video game, the character must microjump over small gaps to progress.

Synonyms

to spring

vsto microjump

27 1.0

To move suddenly by jumping, leaping, or bouncing

is usually much smaller and briefer than that sudden larger motion

hop

vsto microjump

25 1.0

A quick small jump often on one foot

is an even tinier sudden movement over a very short distance

to hop up

vsto microjump

23 4.4

To jump up quickly and lightly

is much smaller and more limited in distance than that rise

How Far

to vault

15 4.4

to leap

258 1.0

to jump

∞ 1.0

to hop

139 1.0

to microjump

7.7

to twitch

79 2.8

Surface Forms

microjump infinitive

microjumped past

microjumped past participle

microjumping present participle

microjumps third person singular

Etymology

The word microjump joins micro- 'very small' and jump 'to move suddenly', so as a verb it means to 'make a very small, quick jump' to adjust position or avoid something.