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Sounds | jhah'mp |
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Rhymes | bump, chump, clump, and 15 more rhymes in ahmp at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A sudden and decisive increase. |
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Examples | "a jump in attendance" |
Synonyms | leap |
Narrower | quantum leap, quantum jump |
Broader | increase |
Verbs | jump |
Meaning | An abrupt transition. |
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Synonyms | leap, saltation |
Narrower | quantum jump |
Broader | transition |
Verbs | jump |
Meaning | (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another. |
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Broader | transition |
Verbs | jump |
Meaning | A sudden involuntary movement. |
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Synonyms | startle, start |
Narrower | startle response, startle reaction; startle reflex, Moro reflex; wince, flinch |
Broader | reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction |
Verbs | jump |
Meaning | Descent with a parachute. |
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Synonyms | parachuting |
Narrower | skydiving |
Broader | descent |
Verbs | jump |
Meaning | The act of jumping. Propelling yourself off the ground. |
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Examples | "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected" |
Synonyms | jumping |
Narrower | header; hop; leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce; vault, hurdle; jumping up and down; capriole |
Broader | propulsion, actuation |
Verbs | jump |
Meaning | Move forward by leaps and bounds. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Model | The horses jump across the field |
Examples | "Can you jump over the fence?" |
Synonyms | leap, bound, spring |
Caused by | jump, leap |
Narrower | pronk; bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet; burst; bounce; capriole; galumph; ski jump; saltate; vault; leapfrog; vault, overleap; curvet; hop, skip, hop-skip; caper; hop |
Broader | move |
See also | jump on |
Nouns | jump, jumping |
Meaning | Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | startle, start |
Narrower | shy; boggle; rear back |
Broader | move |
Nouns | jump |
Meaning | Make a sudden physical attack on. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat" |
Broader | assail, assault, set on, attack |
Meaning | Increase suddenly and significantly. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "Prices jumped overnight" |
Broader | wax, mount, climb, rise |
Nouns | jump |
Meaning | Be highly noticeable. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; It ----s that CLAUSE |
Synonyms | leap out, jump out, stand out, stick out |
Broader | look, appear, seem |
Meaning | Enter eagerly into. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "He jumped into the game" |
Broader | enter, participate |
Meaning | Rise in rank or status. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list" |
Synonyms | rise, climb up |
Broader | change |
Nouns | jump |
Meaning | Run off or leave the rails. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Synonyms | derail |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
Meaning | Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | parachute |
Entails | glide; descend, fall, go down, come down |
Narrower | sky dive, skydive |
Broader | dive, plunge, plunk |
Nouns | jump |
Meaning | Cause to jump or leap. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | The men jump the horses across the field |
Examples | "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop" |
Synonyms | leap |
Cause to | jump, leap, bound, spring |
Meaning | Start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car's battery. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | These cars won't jump |
Synonyms | jumpstart, jump-start |
Broader | start, start up |
Meaning | Bypass. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | pass over, skip, skip over |
Broader | neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap |
Meaning | Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "jump to a conclusion" |
Synonyms | leap |
Broader | switch, shift, change |
Nouns | jump |
Meaning | Go back and forth. Swing back and forth between two states or conditions. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | alternate |
Broader | change, alter, vary |