Jump synonyms
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A leap up or across
The definition of a leap is a jump from one point to another or a sudden or large movement or transition.
(Informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
To use a plunger to try to unblock (a drain, for example).
(UK, regional) to do a forward roll
To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
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saltant
Leaping; jumping; dancing.
(Figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.
The act of performing a jump.
leapfrogging
A leap up or across
A jump; leap
(Intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
The definition of a hurdle is a barrier that athletes or horses need to jump over during a competition, or an obstacle that needs to be overcome.
The definition of a spring is a coil that goes to its original shape after being compressed.
(Intransitive) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.
entrechat
A jump in ballet during which the dancer crosses the legs a number of times, alternately back and forth.
A sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment; a shock.
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The definition of desultory is something, someone or a conversation with no plan or purpose that wanders from one thing to the next.
(Often military) Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.
(Slang) A criminal plan or act, esp. a robbery
To drop (supplies or troops, for example) by means of a parachute.
start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
leap over
To leap across or up
To leap across or up
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To add energy to a battery within.
Hustle is defined as to move quickly or push, or to get something by wrongful or illegal ways.
saltatorial
(Zoology) Characterized by or used for leaping:
(Anatomy) An arched part of the body, especially the top part of the skull.
A marked, often sudden, decline in status, rank, or importance:
An act of beginning; an initial effort:
To move with abrupt movements; move haltingly or jerkily.
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Pounce is to jump on something, to take quick and decisive action or to swoop in and catch or attack something.
high-jump
To leap across or up
(Intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
To drop sharply and rapidly; plummet:
To increase, enlarge, or intensify:
(Rare) To escape; get away
To recoil, as from something unpleasant or difficult; shrink.
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To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
To rise or cause to rise rapidly and suddenly:
To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start.
To turn up, upward, or over
decrease (antonym)
Amount of decreasing
decline (antonym)
A period of decline
disadvantage (antonym)
The definition of a disadvantage is an unfavorable situation or something that puts someone in an unfavorable situation.
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opening (antonym)
The act or an instance of becoming open or being made to open:
address (antonym)
To write the destination on (a letter or parcel)
face (antonym)
To occupy a position with the face toward:
move (related)
An action taken to achieve an objective; a maneuver:
The sport of jumping with a parachute.
Any abrupt transition.
To pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another:
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bypass
(Informal) To start or start up, energize, revive, etc.
To go or descend by a chute.
To cause (a train, etc.) to go off the rails
jump-off
(Sports, horses) To participate in the final round of an equestrian showjumping event.
be highly noticeable
be highly noticeable
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(Intransitive, idiomatic) To be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to one's surroundings.
A projection or prominence
running jump
A leap up or across
buckjump
A leap up or across
A particular kind of dance, as the waltz, tango, etc.
The quantity of such water falling in a specific area within a specific period.
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A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.
headlong fall
A leap down
One generation (in a specified lineage)
parachute jump
A leap down
bungee-jump
A leap down
sky-diving
Alternative spelling of skydiving.
(Informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.
(Economics) An increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living.
The definition of a hike is a long outdoor walk, or an upward movement.
To rise and move in a billowing or swelling manner.
To lunge is defined as to move forward quickly.
To receive into a particular relation or association, as into one's care or keeping:
To put or place on the top of
Prance is defined as to move about on the hind legs, or to move with a swagger or strut.
To evict:
To raise (something) to a higher level, as in cost. Often used with up:
The state or quality of being superior, or higher, greater, better, etc.
over (related)
Something in addition; excess; surplus
fear (related)
A reason for dread or apprehension:
A surge upward
The smallest quantity of liquid heavy enough to fall in a spherical mass.
The definition of a bar is something that is rectangular in shape.
A fence is defined as a barrier used for protection or to create a boundary.
A continuous or unbroken length, area, or expanse:
(Physics, engineering) The rate of change in acceleration with respect to time.
To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
(Law) Money or property given as an advance share in the estate of a person who later dies without making a will: it is deducted from the total share of the recipient in the intestate's estate
To shrink or draw back slightly, usually with a grimace, as in pain, embarrassment, alarm, etc.
and-jump (related)
drag (related)
pull (related)
scramble (related)
crawl (related)
swerve (related)
climb (related)
bump (related)
jump-up (related)
swing (related)
gallop (related)
glide (related)
ambush (related)
Ambush means to attack by surprise.
(Electricity) To increase the voltage of (a circuit).
To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
(Computers) A software program that provides added enhancements over an earlier version.
(Informal) A convulsive trembling, as from disease, fear, or alcoholism
The act by which something is skipped or omitted.
Any sudden, sharp drop, as in profits
sky-dive
To leap down
To avoid an obstacle by using an alternative channel, passage, or route.
To extend across; cross:
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts).
In typing, to change from small letters, etc. to capitals, etc. by depressing a key (shift key)
To leave out or exclude.
To make a clatter with a voice; to talk rapidly and idly; with on or away.
Mount is defined as to climb or get up on to something.
To board
To board
spring upon
To board
pounce on
*To accost belligerently
(Slang) To photograph; esp., to photograph (a person under arrest) for police records
barrier (related)
The definition of a barrier is anything, either natural or manmade, that keeps something from passing through.
height (related)
The condition or attribute of being relatively or sufficiently high or tall:
length (related)
A measure used as a unit to estimate distances:
escape (related)
To manage to keep away from; avoid
leave (related)
To let be or do without interference.
board (related)
To cover or close with boards:
attack (related)
To start work on with purpose and vigor:
saltus
A sudden lively movement
So as to advance, increase, or improve:
To raise to a higher moral, cultural, or intellectual level:
To urge the adoption of; advocate:
Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
The movable part of a drawbridge
A position of control or advantage.
A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
The inner, shorter way around an oval racetrack
(Physics) The process of increasing the magnitude of a variable quantity, especially the magnitude of voltage, power, or current, without altering any other quality.
(Linguistics) The prefixation of a vowel accompanying a past tense, especially of Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
(Music) a compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by multiplying the length of each note by the same number
The act or process of amassing or increasing:
The act of increasing or rising
The full extent of such increase
(Mathematics) The operation that, for positive integers, consists of adding a number (the multiplicand) to itself a certain number of times. The operation is extended to other numbers according to the multiplicative properties of positive integers and other algebraic properties.
An increase in size, amount, extent, degree, etc.
An upward swing or trend.
The amount of increase
The height to which something is elevated above a point of reference, especially mean sea level:
The act or an instance of promoting
Used in plural: fidget
A state of nervous restlessness or agitation.
The definition of a shiver is a splinter of something broken.
A disease of cattle and sheep caused by a poisonous, oily alcohol contained in certain plants, as white snakeroot, and characterized by muscular tremors and a stumbling gait: communicated to humans as milk sickness
A feeling of great unease or extreme nervousness.
Alternative form of heebie-jeebies.
The jitters.
approach (related)
(Intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
To shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement.
To make a ricochet motion
(Geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
An unsteady condition in which there are many small, rapid movements
An act of enlarging or the state of being enlarged.
To extend or reach across
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