Meaning of jumped In English

• 0 past simple and past participle of jump

• 1 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.

• 2 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.

• 3 to increase suddenly by a large amount:

  • House prices have jumped dramatically.

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

• 4 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.

• 5 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.

• 6 to attack someone suddenly:

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

• 7 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.

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

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