Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jumpscare

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables: jump-scare
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of jump scare.

verb

Alternative form of jump scare.

Example Sentences

"I sit shaking in fear and shock from the horrible jumpscare."
"Do you like jumpscares? Well then, here's your movie!"
"It seemed that for every legitimate moment of tension and terror caused by Wan's brilliant style of camerawork (of which there surprisingly weren't many), there was a cheap jumpscare that just made you think: “Did they really just do that to me?”"

Etymology

From jump + scare.

Inflected Forms

jumpscares (plural) jumpscares (present, singular) jumpscaring (participle, present) jumpscared (participle, past) jumpscared (past)

Questions

What does jumpscare mean?: Alternative form of jump scare.
Where does jumpscare come from?: From jump + scare.

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