JUMP, v.i. 1. To leap; to skip; to spring. Applied to men, it signifies to spring upwards or forwards with both feet, in distinction from hop, which signifies to spring with one foot. A man jumps over a ditch; a beast jumps over a fence. A man jumps upon a horse; a goat jumps from rock to rock.2. To spring over any thing; to pass to at a leap. Here, upon this bank and shelve of time, We'd jump the life to come. We see a little, presume a great deal, and so jump to the conclusion.3. To bound; to pass from object to object; to jolt. The noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots. Nahum 3.4. To agree; to tally; to coincide. In some sort it jumps with my humor.[This use of the word is now vulgar, and in America, I think, is confined to the single phrase, to jump in judgment. JUMP, v.t. To pass by a leap; to pass over eagerly or hastily; as, to jump a stream. [But over is understood.] JUMP, n. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. 1. A lucky chance.JUMP, n. A kind of loose or limber stays or waistcoat, worn by females. JUMP, adv. Exactly; nicely. |
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