The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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.
Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square.
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To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. ``The jumping chariots.''
--Nahum iii. 2.A flock of geese jump down together.
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To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with. ``It jumps with my humor.''
--Shak.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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: jump)
Usage examples of "jumped".
He jumped back instinctively, only to realize that he had found his dirks and quiver, which he'd lost when he fell.
If you and I both jumped off this cliff, at the bottom of it I would be just as dead as you.
Tristan jumped up and grabbed Frederick from behind, only to find himself back down on the ground again.
As if Shailiha could command it, the baby kicked, and Tristan jumped back a little in surprise.
Already the thing had jumped to the floor of the Great Hall and begun wildly butchering the populace at random.
But with surprising agility the thing jumped into the air, escaping Tristan's swing completely, and laughed yet again.
Then, as Tristan watched, the monster jumped on the dais with ease and pushed its way through the circle to stand before Tristan, Wigg, and the rest of the royal family.
He put his robe back on and jumped down from the dais to look into the infamous raised eyebrow of Wigg.
It was at least the size of the prince, and it jumped off the ledge with ease, landing in the red-glowing circle just as Tristan was getting back to his feet.
Almost immediately the base of the great stack of corpses jumped into flames.
Immediately, he screamed his warriors to attention, and they, too, quickly jumped to their feet.
As quickly as they could, Wigg and Tristan jumped onto the wagon and charged it toward the city gate, Wigg taking the reins, the prince keeping one eye on Shailiha still asleep in the back.
Traax, Kluge's second in command, immediately snapped open his long wings and jumped off the wall, flying menacingly down in a straight line toward the prince.
They hadn't jumped Ryan and the others because of the quality of the companions' blasters.
As they jumped the writhing halves and rushed on, Krysty saw Ryan shift the panga from right hand to left, just in time to flick out his wrist and catch another mutie rattler in midstrike.