jump
/d͡ʒʌmp/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.69 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
Intransitive verb
verb
To jerk the body involuntarily in response to a sudden or unexpected stimulus.
Intransitive verb
verb
To jerk the body involuntarily in response to a sudden or unexpected stimulus.
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
verb
To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "The boy jumped over a fence."
- "Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high."
- "Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square."
- "Parkour – often referred to as freerunning – entails creatively moving through an urban environment: flipping, jumping and vaulting across various obstacles."
- "She is going to jump from the diving board."
- "to jump a stream"
Etymology
From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gumpōną ~ *gumbōną (“to hop, skip, bounce”), an iterative verb. The OED suggests an imitative origin. Related to jumble. In the sense “to propel oneself” it displaced leap partially and spring largely. Cognates Cognate with German Low German jumpen (“to jump”), archaic German gumpen (“to jump, hop, bounce”), dialectal German gampen (“to hop”), Alemannic German gumpe (“to leap, jump”), Walser dialect kumpu, Old Norse gopta (“to jump; make jump”) Danish gumpe (“to jolt”), Swedish gumpa (“to jump”), Danish gimpe (“to move up and down”), Middle English jumpren, jumbren (“to mix, jumble”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: jumpen, -, *gumbōną
Usage
Inflected Forms
jumps (present, singular)
jumping (participle, present)
jumped (participle, past)
jumped (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
jumped (first person, past)
jumpest (archaic, present)
jumped (past, second person)
jumpedst (archaic, past)
jumpeth (archaic, present)
jumped (past, singular)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
one-night stand
leap
spring
jump down
jump off
skydive
flinch
jump out of one's skin
leap out of one's skin
twitch
start
startle reflex