Antonyms for jump
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : juhmp |
| Phonetic Transcription : dÊ’ÊŒmp |
Definition of jump
Origin :- 1520s, perhaps imitative (cf. bump); another theory derives it from words in Gallo-Romance dialects of southwestern France (cf. jumba "to rock, to balance, swing," yumpa "to rock"), picked up during English occupation in Hundred Years War. Superseded native leap, bound, and spring in most senses. Meaning "to attack" is from 1789; that of "to do the sex act with" is from 1630s. Related: Jumped; jumping. To jump to a conclusion is from 1704. Jumping-rope is from 1805. Jump in a lake "go away and stop being a pest" attested from 1912.
- noun leap
- noun increase, advantage
- noun obstacle
- verb leap, spring
- verb recoil
- verb omit, avoid
- verb increase
- I'm not going to jump into work for all the papers in New York.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Porter's voice made Crane jump; he had almost forgotten the race.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- At the third jump his hat flew off, disclosing the jagged end of a two-by-four.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- Run along and jump into something, and let us get our tires and try Kitty out.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Then, if we stop where we are, we'll have to jump up and get out of the way, to let him pass.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- He must have seen me jump up, because he vanished like a ghost.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- If he could only jump to where they were, and go on with them!
- Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
- Then, again, he'd run along a log and jump from stone to stone.
- Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
- Once or twice she had to jump to escape the strike of a Rattlesnake.
- Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
- At the same moment he heard another sound that made him jump to his feet.
- Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
Synonyms for jump
- abandon
- advance
- ascend
- ascent
- augmentation
- bail out
- bar
- barge
- barricade
- barrier
- bob
- bolt
- boost
- bounce
- bound
- buck
- cancel
- canter
- caper
- capriole
- carom
- clear
- clear out
- cover
- cross out
- curvet
- dance
- digress
- dive
- drop
- escalate
- evade
- fall
- fence
- flinch
- gain
- gambade
- gambol
- handicap
- head start
- hike
- hop
- hopping
- hurdle
- hurtle
- impediment
- increment
- inflation
- jack up
- jar
- jerk
- jiggle
- jolt
- jounce
- leapfrog
- leapfrogging
- leaping
- leave
- lollop
- lop
- lunge
- lurch
- miss
- mount
- nosedive
- nullify
- overshoot
- parachute
- pass over
- plummet
- plunge
- pop
- pounce
- put up
- quiver
- rail
- raise
- rattle
- rebound
- ricochet
- rise
- saltate
- saltation
- shake
- shock
- skip
- skipping
- sky
- somersault
- spring
- spurt
- start
- startle
- stretch
- surge
- swerve
- switch
- take
- top
- trip
- twitch
- up
- upper hand
- upspring
- upsurge
- upturn
- vault
- waver
- wince
- wobble
- wrench
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