Meaning of jump In English

• 0 to push yourself suddenly off the ground and into the air using your legs:

  • The children were jumping up and down with excitement.

  • She ran across the grass and jumped into the water.

  • He had to jump out of an upstairs window to escape.

  • Our cat is always jumping up on/onto the furniture.

  • Can you jump over/across this stream?

  • All the horses are finding it difficult to jump the last fence.

• 1 to move or act suddenly or quickly:

  • He suddenly jumped to his feet/jumped up and left.

  • She jumped in/into a taxi and rushed to the station.

  • The loud explosion made everyone jump.

  • I almost jumped out of my skin when I heard a loud crash downstairs.

• 2 to increase suddenly by a large amount:

  • House prices have jumped dramatically.

  • The cost of building the road has jumped by 70 percent.

• 3 If a story, film, play, etc. jumps, it moves suddenly between different parts of it:

  • The movie is about his adult life, but it keeps jumping (back) to when he was a child.

  • His talk was hard to follow because he kept jumping from one subject to another.

• 4 to avoid or leave out a point or stage from the correct order in a series:

  • You have to follow the instructions exactly, you can't just jump a few steps ahead.

• 5 to attack someone suddenly:

  • They were just walking home when a bunch of guys jumped (on) them.

• 6 to go past or away from something illegally or wrongly:

  • The police video showed that she had jumped the (traffic) lights.

  • Several sailors jumped ship (= left their ship without permission) in New York.

  • I'd never have thought Hugh would jump bail.

• 7 If a place is jumping, it is crowded and full of life:

  • This joint (= place of entertainment) is really jumping tonight.

• 8 a sudden movement off the ground and into the air:

  • He won with a jump of 8.5 metres.

  • a parachute jump

  • Several horses fell at the last jump (= fence or other thing to be jumped over).

  • The door slammed and Rita woke up with a jump.

• 9 a sudden increase:

  • Interest rates are now at 6.75 - that's a jump of almost 2 percent.

• 10 to push yourself off the ground and into the air using your legs and feet:

  • [ I ] The kids were jumping up and down with excitement.

  • [ I ] The cats jumped up onto the table.

  • [ T ] Can you jump this fence?

• 11 to move suddenly or quickly:

  • A man jumped out of the bushes.

  • He jumped to his feet and ran out the door.

  • The thunder made us all jump.

• 12 to move up or go across suddenly from one point or stage to another without stopping at the stages in between:

  • [ I always + adv/prep ] Her book jumped from fifth place to first place on the best-seller list.

  • [ T ] The forest fire jumped the road and spread to the other side.

  • It’s not fair to jump to conclusions about a whole group of people based on one incident.

• 13 to increase suddenly by a large amount:

  • Home prices in the area have jumped to an all-time high.

• 14 to attack suddenly:

  • He was jumped and robbed by two guys on his way home from work.

• 15 a push into the air from a surface, like the ground or ice, using your legs and feet:

  • The skater’s jump was high but not graceful.

• 16 a move from one point or stage to another without stopping at the stages in between:

  • He made a big jump from general manager to president of the company.

• 17 if prices, profits, shares, etc. jump, they increase by a large amount in a short period of time:

  • Interest rates look set to jump over the coming months.

  • jump from sth to sth The PMI index jumped from 54.5 to 56.1 in March, its highest level for six years.

  • jump (by) 31%/98 points/€116, etc. The airline's full-year pre-tax profits jumped 56% despite the impact of higher oil prices.

  • Overall music sales have jumped more than 19 percent in the last twelve months.

• 18 to leave a company or organization in order to work for another, especially in order to get a higher salary or better working conditions:

  • Loyalty bonuses were paid to staff so they wouldn't jump ship.

• 19 to become involved in an activity that a lot of others are already involved in because it is successful:

  • More and more companies have jumped on the broadband discount bandwagon.

• 20 a sudden large increase in the price, value, or amount of something:

  • The tech stocks in the index posted the biggest jumps.

  • a jump in sth Universities and colleges have reported a dramatic jump in the number of applications.

  • a jump of 50%/150 points/€150, etc. Net casino revenues increased by 19% to $41 million, a jump of 138% over the fourth quarter of 2008.

  • a 25%/90 point/20 pence, etc. jump Heavyweight stock helped to drag the FTSE 100 higher with a 27.5p jump to 742p.

  • a jump from sth The increase in home repossessions, showing a 31% jump from last year's figures, is depressing property values.

  • a jump in profits/sales/inflation

  • a big/sharp/significant jump

• 21 to have an advantage over other companies or people:

  • Big companies are always looking to get a jump on their rivals.