Definition of "jump" in Anglais

verb

(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- The boy jumped over a fence.
- Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high.
(intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- She is going to jump from the diving board.
(transitive) To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
- to jump a stream
(intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
(intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- The sudden sharp sound made me jump.
(intransitive, figuratively) To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
- Share prices jumped by 10% after the company announced record profits.
(intransitive) 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.
- The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.
(transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
- I hate it when people jump the queue.
(transitive) To pass (a traffic light) when it is indicating that one should stop.
(transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
- The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.
(transitive, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
(transitive) To cause to jump.
- The rider jumped the horse over the fence.
(transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
(transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
(cycling, intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
(transitive, obsolete) To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
(transitive, smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
(quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.
(obsolete) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.

noun

The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
An effort; an attempt; a venture.
(mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
(architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
- The boy took a skip and a jump down the lane.
An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
- The skier flew off the jump and landed perfectly.
An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- There were a couple of jumps from the bridge.
An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- She was terrified before the jump, but was thrilled to be skydiving.
An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
A jumping move in a board game.
- the knight's jump in chess
A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
- Press jump to start.
(sports, equestrianism) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- Heartless managed the scale the first jump but fell over the second.
(with on) An early start or an advantage.
- He got a jump on the day because he had laid out everything the night before.
- Their research department gave them the jump on the competition.
(mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
(physics, hydrodynamics) An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
(slang) Any abrupt increase; a sudden rise; a hike
(science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
(programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
(US, informal, automotive) Ellipsis of jump-start.
- My car won't start. Could you give me a jump?
(film) Clipping of jump cut.
(theater) Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”).