Jumped Jump Jumping Suddenly Dʒʌmp Move Quickly Extra

• ‘quick, jump!’ he shouted.
• she jumped into the water to save them.
• he jumped into the air and started cheering.
• she jumped down from the chair.

jump

Verb Forms

1. to move quickly off the ground or away from a surface by pushing yourself with your legs and feet
• ‘Quick, jump!’ he shouted.
• She jumped into the water to save them.
• He jumped into the air and started cheering.
• She jumped down from the chair.
• The children were jumping up and down with excitement.
• The pilot jumped from the burning plane (= with a parachute).
• He killed himself by jumping off a bridge.
• She has jumped 2.2 metres.

Extra Examples

• He tried to jump back on board.
• She jumped up onto the table.
• Stop jumping on the furniture!
• They all jumped for joy and hugged each other.
• The dog kept jumping up at me.
2. to pass over something by jumping
• SYNONYM leap
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• He jumped over the wall to get away.
• Can you jump that gate?
• He jumped the stream and carried on up the hill.
• His horse fell as it jumped the last hurdle.
• I jumped my horse over all the fences.
3. to move quickly and suddenly
• He jumped to his feet when they called his name.
• She jumped up and ran out of the room.
• Do you want a ride? Jump in.
• He jumped out of the car and disappeared into the building.
• When she heard the news, she immediately jumped on a plane to France.
4. to make a sudden movement because of surprise, fear or excitement
• A loud bang made me jump.
• Her heart jumped when she heard the news.

Extra Examples

• He crept up behind me and made me jump.
• She jumped slightly at the sound of the bell.
5. to rise suddenly by a large amount
• SYNONYM leap
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• Prices jumped by 60% last year.
• Sales jumped from $2.7 billion to $3.5 billion.
• Your interest rate might suddenly jump at the end of the fixed period.
• The FTSE 100 benchmark index jumped 199.9 points.

Extra Examples

• Profits jumped by 15 per cent during the year.
• Shares jumped from 2p to 222p.
6. to change suddenly from one subject to another
• I couldn't follow the talk because he kept jumping about from one topic to another.
• The story then jumps from her childhood in New York to her first visit to London.
7. to leave out something and pass to a further point or stage
• You seem to have jumped several steps in the argument.
8. to move suddenly and unexpectedly, especially out of the correct position
• The needle jumped across the dial.
9. to attack somebody suddenly
• The thieves jumped him in a dark alleyway.
10. to get on a vehicle very quickly, especially in a way that is dangerous or illegal
• to jump a bus
11. to start the engine of a car by connecting the battery to the battery of another car with jump leads
12. to put a lot of energy into starting a process or an activity or into making it start more quickly
13. to be very lively
• The bar's jumping tonight.
14. to be very angry or excited about something
• The local residents are jumping up and down complaining about the noise.
15. to join others in doing something that is becoming fashionable because you hope to become popular or successful yourself
• politicians eager to jump on the environmental bandwagon
16. to fail to appear at your trial after you have paid money to be allowed to go free until the trial
• He skipped bail and went on the run for two weeks.
17. to start or be made to start a new and difficult activity that you are not prepared for
• Junior hospital doctors are thrown in at the deep end in their first jobs.
• The company believes in throwing new employees in at the deep end with no training.
18. to react very angrily to somebody
19. to do something too soon, before the right time
20. to fail to stop at a red traffic light
21. to move violently because of a sudden shock
• She nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw me.
22. to go to the front of a line of people without waiting for your turn
• She jumped the queue at the ticket counter.
• Because he had money, he was able to jump the queue and get treatment that was not available to other people.
23. to leave the track suddenly
24. (used especially about a television series, etc.) to include something that is very hard to believe as an attempt to keep people watching, usually a sign that the show is not as good as it used to be
• Has the show finally jumped the shark?
25. to leave the ship on which you are serving, without permission
26. to leave an organization that you belong to, suddenly and unexpectedly
27. to do something difficult or complicated in order to achieve something
• You have to jump through so many hoops to get a job like this.
28. to make a decision about somebody/something too quickly, before you know or have thought about all the facts
• There I go again—jumping to conclusions.

Extra Examples

• Don't jump to conclusions.
• We don't want to jump to the wrong conclusion.
29. used to tell somebody to hurry and do something quickly

Word Origin

• early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘be moved or thrown with a sudden jerk’): probably imitative of the sound of feet coming into contact with the ground.