jump definition

1. a sudden and decisive increase
• examples: a jump in attendance
2. (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
3. descent with a parachute
• examples: he had done a lot of parachuting in the army
4. the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
• examples: he advanced in a series of jumps
• examples: the jumping was unexpected
5. move forward by leaps and bounds
• examples: The horse bounded across the meadow
• examples: The child leapt across the puddle
• examples: Can you jump over the fence?
6. make a sudden physical attack on
• examples: The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat
7. increase suddenly and significantly
• examples: Prices jumped overnight
8. enter eagerly into
• examples: He jumped into the game
9. jump down from an elevated point
• examples: the parachutist didn't want to jump
• examples: every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge
• examples: the widow leapt into the funeral pyre
10. cause to jump or leap
• examples: the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop
11. start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
12. bypass
• examples: He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible