Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jumpship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jump-ship
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spaceship able to instantaneously move large distances through space by traveling through hyperspace or jumpspace.

Example Sentences

"Ben stared at the hologram. "The megacorps don't have quite the monopoly on fast transit that they think they have," he said. "But it would certainly help if we had a few more jumpships. That would solve a lot of transit problems.""

Etymology

Compound of jump + ship.

Inflected Forms

jumpships (plural)

Questions

What does jumpship mean?: A spaceship able to instantaneously move large distances through space by traveling through hyperspace or jumpspace.
Where does jumpship come from?: Compound of jump + ship.

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