jump

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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verb, noun
+ verb
move off / to ground
1 to move quickly off the ground or away from a surface by pushing yourself with your legs and feet: [V] to jump into the air / over a wall / into the water + 'Quick, jump!' he shouted. + The children were jumping up and down with excitement. + She jumped down from the chair. + The pilot jumped from the burning plane (= with a PARACHUTE). + [VN] She has jumped 2.2 metres.
pass over sth
2 [VN] to pass over sth by jumping: Can you jump that gate? + His horse fell as it jumped the last hurdle. + I jumped my horse over all the fences.
move quickly
3 [V +adv./prep.] 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.
4 [V] 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.
increase
5 [V] to rise suddenly by a large amount: Prices jumped by 60% last year. + Sales jumped from $2.7 billion to $3.5 billion.
change suddenly
6 [V] ~ (about) (from sth to sth) 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.
leave out
7 [VN] to leave out sth and pass to a further point or stage: You seem to have jumped several steps in the argument.
of machine / device
8 [V] to move suddenly and unexpectedly, especially out of the correct position: The needle jumped across the dial. + The film jumped during projection.
attack
9 ~ (on) sb (informal) to attack sb suddenly: [VN] The thieves jumped him in a dark alleyway. [also V]
vehicle
10 [VN] (AmE) to get on a vehicle very quickly: to jump a bus
11 [VN] (AmE) = JUMP-START
be lively
12 (be jumping) (informal) to be very lively: The bar's jumping tonight.
Idioms: jump down sb's throat (informal) to react very angrily to sb
jump the gun to do sth too soon, before the right time
jump the lights (informal) to fail to stop at a red traffic light
jump out of your skin (informal) to move violently because of a sudden shock
jump the queue (BrE) (AmE jump the line) to go to the front of a line of people without waiting for your turn
jump the rails (of a train) to leave the rails suddenly
jump ship
1 to leave the ship on which you are serving, without permission
2 to leave an organization that you belong to, suddenly and unexpectedly
jump through hoops to do sth difficult or complicated in order to achieve sth
jump to it (AmE also hop to it) (informal) used to tell sb to hurry and do something quickly
more at BANDWAGON, CONCLUSION, DEEP adj.
Phrasal Verbs: jump at sth to enthusiastically accept an opportunity, offer, etc.
jump in
1 to interrupt a conversation: Before she could reply Peter jumped in with an objection.
2 to start to do sth very quickly without spending a long time thinking first
jump on sb (AmE also jump at sb) (informal) to criticize sb/sth
jump out at sb to be very obvious and easily noticed: The mistake in the figures jumped out at me.
+ noun
movement
1 an act of jumping: a jump of over six metres + The story takes a jump back in time. + Somehow he survived the jump from the third floor of the building. + to make / do a parachute jump + a ski jump champion + I sat up with a jump (= quickly and suddenly). + The negotiations took a jump forward yesterday (= they made progress).
See also - HIGH JUMP, LONG JUMP, SKI JUMP, TRIPLE JUMP
barrier
2 a barrier like a narrow fence that a horse or a runner has to jump over in a race or competition: The horse fell at the last jump.
increase
3 ~ (in sth) a sudden increase in amount, price or value: a 20 per cent jump in pre-tax profits + unusually large price jumps
Idioms: to keep, etc. one jump ahead (of sb) to keep your advantage over sb, especially your competitors, by taking action before they do or by making sure you know more than they do
more at RUNNING adj., HIGH JUMP

Thesaurus dictionary

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v.

1 leap, bound, spring, pounce, hurdle, vault, hop, skip; caper, cavort, gambol:

Jack, jump over the candlestick! Lambs were jumping about in the meadow

2 start, jerk, wince, flinch, recoil:

The sudden noise made me jump.

3 Sometimes, jump over. skip (over), omit, pass over or by, bypass, avoid, leave out, ignore, disregard, overlook, gloss over:

Jump the boring parts and read me the sexy bits.

4 pass, move, leap, skip:

She jumped from one subject to another so quickly that I couldn't keep track

5 advance, increase, rise, gain, surge, escalate:

The cost of living jumped again this month, causing fear of inflation.

6 jump at. accept, grab, snatch, swoop up, leap at, pounce on:

Most people would jump at the chance to better themselves.

7 jump on. attack, swoop down on or upon; reprimand, rebuke:

She jumps on anyone who suggests that she used influence to get her job.

n.

8 leap, bound, spring, pounce, hurdle, vault, hop, skip:

With one jump the cheetah was upon the gazelle.

9 rise, increase, boost, hike, advance, gain, surge, escalation, upsurge, increment, elevation:

A jump in the Retail Price Index drove share prices lower again yesterday

10 barricade, obstacle, hurdle, fence, rail, obstruction:

My horse cleared the first jump easily.

11 start, jerk, spasm, twitch, recoil, lurch, jolt:

When they called his name, he gave a little jump.

12 break, gap, hiatus, lacuna, space, hole, breach, rift, interruption:

There's a jump in continuity at the end of the fourth chapter.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ movement

ADJ.

little | running, standing

Cats can clear two metres with a standing jump.

| high, long, triple | bungee, parachute, ski

VERB + JUMP

make

She made a jump for the river bank.

| take

He took a running jump and just managed to clear the stream.

| do

He's going to do a parachute jump for charity.

| give

Her heart gave a little jump at his smile.

PREP.

in the … ~

Allen won silver in the high jump.

| with a ~

I sat up with a jump (= suddenly.).

| ~ into

(figurative) The new law is a jump into the unknown.

| ~ onto

² increase

ADJ.

big, quantum, sharp | small

VERB + JUMP

make

Is he good enough to make the jump into Formula One?

PREP.

~ in

The sportswear company reports a jump in sales since the Olympics.

Concise English dictionary

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jumps|jumped|jumpingdʒʌmp
noun
+a sudden and decisive increase
+an abrupt transition
+(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
+a sudden involuntary movement
+descent with a parachute
+the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
verb
+move forward by leaps and bounds
+move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
+make a sudden physical attack on
+increase suddenly and significantly
+be highly noticeable
+enter eagerly into
+rise in rank or status
+jump down from an elevated point
+run off or leave the rails
+jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
+cause to jump or leap
+start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
+bypass
+pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
+go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

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