jump

move forward by leaps and bounds

• “The horse bounded across the meadow”
• “The child leapt across the puddle”
• “Can you jump over the fence?”

move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• “She startled when I walked into the room”

make a sudden physical attack on

• “The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat”

increase suddenly and significantly

• “Prices jumped overnight”

be highly noticeable

make unwanted and intrusive comments

rise in rank or status

• “Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list”

run off or leave the rails

• “the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks”

jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

cause to jump or leap

• “the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop”

start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car''s battery

bypass

• “He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible”

pass abruptly from one state or topic to another

• “leap into fame”
• “jump to a conclusion”
• “jump from one thing to another”

go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

a sudden and decisive increase

• “a jump in attendance”

an abrupt transition

• “a successful leap from college to the major leagues”

(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another

a sudden involuntary movement

• “he awoke with a start”

descent with a parachute

• “he had done a lot of parachuting in the army”

the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground

• “he advanced in a series of jumps”
• “the jumping was unexpected”