· a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
Synonym(s): leap
Hypernym(s): increase
· an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
Hypernym(s): transition
· (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
Hypernym(s): transition
· a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
Hypernym(s): reflex, reflex_response, reflex_action, instinctive_reflex, innate_reflex, inborn_reflex, unconditioned_reflex, physiological_reaction
· descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
Synonym(s): parachuting
Hypernym(s): descent
· the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
Synonym(s): jumping
Hypernym(s): propulsion, actuation
· move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
Synonym(s): leap, bound, spring
Hypernym(s): move
· move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"
Hypernym(s): move
· make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
Hypernym(s): assail, assault, set_on, attack
· increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"
Hypernym(s): wax, mount, climb, rise
· be highly noticeable
Synonym(s): leap_out, jump_out, stand_out, stick_out
Hypernym(s): look, appear, seem
· enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"
Hypernym(s): enter, participate
· rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
Hypernym(s): change
· jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
Hypernym(s): move
· run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
Synonym(s): derail
Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote
· jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
Hypernym(s): dive, plunge, plunk
· cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
Synonym(s): leap
· start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
Synonym(s): jumpstart, jump-start
· bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
Synonym(s): pass_over, skip, skip_over
Hypernym(s): neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave_out, overlook, overleap
· pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"
Synonym(s): leap
Hypernym(s): switch, shift, change
· go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
Synonym(s): alternate
Hypernym(s): change, alter, vary