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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: jump \jump\ (j[u^]mp), n. [Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf. {juppon}.] (a) A kind of loose jacket for men. (b) pl. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: jump \jump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {jumped} (j[u^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {jumping}.] [Akin to OD. gumpen, dial. G. gumpen, jumpen.] [1913 Webster] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. "The jumping chariots." --Nahum iii. 2. [1913 Webster] A flock of geese jump down together. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with. "It jumps with my humor." --Shak. [1913 Webster] {To jump at}, to spring to; hence, fig., to accept suddenly or eagerly; as, a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at a chance. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Jump \Jump\, v. t. 1. To pass over by means of a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch. [1913 Webster] 3. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To jump a body with a dangerous physic. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. (Smithwork) (a) To join by a butt weld. (b) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset. [1913 Webster] 5. (Quarrying) To bore with a jumper. [1913 Webster] {To jump a claim}, to enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation. [Western U. S. & Australia] See {Claim}, n., 3. {To jump one's bail}, to abscond while at liberty under bail bonds. [Slang, U. S.] {To jump the gun}, to begin to run (in a footrace) before the starting gun has fired; hence, (fig.) to begin any activity before the designated starting time. [1913 Webster +PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Jump \Jump\, a. Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. [Obs.] "Jump names." --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Jump \Jump\, adv. Exactly; pat. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: jump \jump\ (j[u^]mp), n. same as {jump-start}, n.. [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: jump \jump\ (j[u^]mp), v. t. same as {jump-start}, v. t.. [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Jump \Jump\, n. 1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. "To advance by jumps." --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Our fortune lies Upon thisjump. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. The space traversed by a leap. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault. [1913 Webster] 5. (Arch.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry. [1913 Webster] 6. A jump-start; as, to get a jump from a passing mmotorist. [PJC] {From the jump}, from the start or beginning. [Colloq.] {Jump joint}. (a) A butt joint. (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels. {Jump seat}. (a) A movable carriage seat. (b) A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat. Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat wagon. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Jump-start \Jump"-start`\, n. The action or event of jump-starting. For motor vehicles, the jump-starting of an engine is also called a {jump}. [PJC] Jump suit From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Jupon \Ju*pon"\, Juppon \Jup*pon"\, n. [F. jupon, fr. jupe skirt, Sp. aljuba a Moorish garment, Ar. jubba.] [Written variously {jupe}, {jump}, {juppo}, etc.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A petticoat. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: jump n 1: a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" [syn: {jump}, {leap}] 2: an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues" [syn: {leap}, {jump}, {saltation}] 3: (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another 4: a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start" [syn: {startle}, {jump}, {start}] 5: descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army" [syn: {jump}, {parachuting}] 6: the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected" [syn: {jump}, {jumping}] v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: {jump}, {leap}, {bound}, {spring}] 2: move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room" [syn: {startle}, {jump}, {start}] 3: make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat" 4: increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight" 5: be highly noticeable [syn: {leap out}, {jump out}, {jump}, {stand out}, {stick out}] 6: enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game" 7: rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list" [syn: {rise}, {jump}, {climb up}] 8: jump down from an elevated point; "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre" [syn: {jump}, {leap}, {jump off}] 9: run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks" [syn: {derail}, {jump}] 10: jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute [syn: {chute}, {parachute}, {jump}] 11: cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop" [syn: {jump}, {leap}] 12: start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery [syn: {jumpstart}, {jump-start}, {jump}] 13: bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" [syn: {jump}, {pass over}, {skip}, {skip over}] 14: pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another" [syn: {leap}, {jump}] 15: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions [syn: {alternate}, {jump}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: JUMP JUelich MultiProcessor (IBM)