intransitive verb

1. to move oneself suddenly from the ground, etc. by using the leg muscles; leap; spring
2. to be moved with a jerk; bob; bounce
3. to parachute from an aircraft
4. to move, act, or react energetically or eagerly: often with at
5. to move suddenly and involuntarily, as from fright, surprise, etc.
6. to pass suddenly from one thing or topic to another
7. to rise suddenly prices have jumped
8. to break in continuity of action, as a film image, because of faulty alignment of the film
9. Slang to be lively and animated the party was jumping
10. Bridge to make a jump bid
11. ☆ Checkers to move a piece over an opponent's piece, thus capturing it
12. Comput. to continue at an instruction in another part of the program by means of a jump ()

Etymology: < ?

transitive verb

1. 1. to leap over
   2. to pass over; skip
2. to cause to leap to jump a horse over a fence
3. ☆ to advance (a person) to a higher rank or position, esp. by bypassing intervening ranks
4. ☆ to leap upon; spring aboard
5. to cause (prices, etc.) to rise suddenly
6. ☆ to bypass (an electrical component, esp. a weak battery on a vehicle)
7. Informal to attack suddenly as from hiding
8. Informal to react to prematurely, in anticipation to jump a traffic light
9. ☆ Slang to leave suddenly or without permission to jump town, jump ship
10. Bridge to raise (the bid) by making a jump bid
11. ☆ Checkers to capture (an opponent's piece) by jumping
12. Journalism to continue (a story) on another page

noun

1. a jumping; leap; bound; spring
2. a distance jumped
3. a descent from an aircraft by parachute
4. a thing to be jumped over or from, as on a ski jump
5. a sudden transition
6. a sudden rise, as in prices
7. a sudden, nervous start or jerk; twitch
8. Slang chorea; also, delirium tremens: usually with the
9. Athletics a contest in jumping the high jump, the long jump
10. Bridge jump bid
11. ☆ Checkers a move by which an opponent's piece is jumped and captured
12. Comput. a program instruction that causes an instruction in another part of the program to be the next executed
13. Journalism a line telling on, or from, what page a story is continued
    also jump line

adjective

1. designating or of a style of jazz music characterized by recurrent short riffs and a strong, fast beat
2. of or for parachuting or paratroops