<p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap.</li><li>to jump into the air; to jump out a window.</li><li>to rise suddenly or quickly: He jumped from his seat when she entered.</li><li>to move or jerk suddenly, as from surprise or shock: He jumped when the firecracker exploded.</li><li>to obey quickly and energetically; hustle: The waiter was told to jump when the captain signaled.</li><li>Informal: to be full of activity; bustle: The whole town is jumping with excitement.</li><li>to start a campaign, program, military attack, etc.; launch an activity, especially of major proportions (usually followed by off): The march jumped off early in the morning.</li><li>Checkers: to move from one side of an opponent's piece to a vacant square on the opposite side, thus capturing the opponent's piece.</li><li>to rise suddenly in amount, price, etc.: Costs jumped again this quarter.</li><li>to pass abruptly, ignoring intervening steps or deliberation: to jump to a conclusion.</li><li>to change abruptly: The traffic light jumped from green to red.</li><li>to move or change suddenly, haphazardly, aimlessly, or after a short period: He jumped from job to job.</li><li>to pass or go aimlessly: He jumped from one thing to another without being able to concentrate on anything.</li><li>Digital Technology: to pass instantaneously, and sometimes randomly, to a point out of sequence for entering, recording, or playing back data; skip: Notice that when you press "End" the cursor jumps to the end of the line.</li><li>The music streaming service keeps jumping back to the top of the playlist.</li><li>to parachute from an airplane.</li><li>to take eagerly; seize (often followed by at): He jumped at the offer of a free trip.</li><li>to enter into something with vigor (usually followed by in or into): She jumped into the discussion right away.</li><li>to advance rapidly from one level to another, especially in rank; pass through or skip intermediate stages in a forward or upward progression: He jumped from clerk to general manager in a year.</li><li>Movies: (of a shot or frame) to fail to line up properly with the preceding or following frames because of a mechanical fault in the camera or projector.</li><li>Bridge: to make a jump bid: She jumped from three clubs to four spades.</li><li>Journalism: (of newspaper copy) to continue on a subsequent page, following intervening copy (turn).</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of jumping; leap.</li><li>a space, obstacle, apparatus, or the like, cleared or to be cleared in a leap.</li><li>a short or hurried journey.</li><li>a descent by parachute from an airplane.</li><li>a sudden rise in amount, price, etc.: a considerable jump in the stock market.</li><li>a sudden upward or other movement of an inanimate object.</li><li>an abrupt transition from one point or thing to another, with omission of what intervenes: The speaker made an unexplained jump in topic.</li><li>a move or one of a series of moves: The gangster stayed one jump ahead of the police.</li><li>Sports: any of several contests that feature a leap or jump.</li><li>Compare long jump, high jump.</li><li>Movies: a break in the continuity of action due to a failure to match the action of one frame with the following one of the same scene.</li><li>a sudden start as from nervous excitement: He gave a jump when the firecracker went off.</li><li>Checkers: the act of taking an opponent's piece by leaping over it to an unoccupied square.</li><li>the jumps, Informal: restlessness; nervousness; anxiety: Long trips in trains and planes give me the jumps.</li><li>Also called breakover.</li><li>Journalism: the part of a story continued on another page.</li><li>Mathematics: the difference in limit values at a jump discontinuity of a given function.</li><li>Automotive: jump-start.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Jazz: of, relating to, or characteristic of swing.</li><li>of, relating to, or characteristic of jazz; played at a bright tempo.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to blame or rebuke; reprimand: He'll jump on anyone who contradicts him.</li></ul>