Thesaurus: jump

Related headwords

Definitions

1. n. A kind of loose jacket for men.
2. n. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
3. v. i. To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.
4. v. i. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.
5. v. i. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with.
6. v. t. To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.
7. v. t. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.
8. v. t. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
9. v. t. To join by a butt weld.
10. v. t. To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
11. v. t. To bore with a jumper.
12. n. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
13. n. An effort; an attempt; a venture.
14. n. The space traversed by a leap.
15. n. A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
16. n. An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
17. a. Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.
18. adv. Exactly; pat.