(architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
(film) Clipping of jump cut.
(mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
(mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
(physics, hydrodynamics) An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence.
(programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
(science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
(sports, equestrianism) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
(theater) Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”)
(with on) An early start or an advantage.
A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
A jumping move in a board game.
A kind of loose jacket for men.
An effort; an attempt; a venture.
An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
An object which causes one to jump; a ramp.
The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
verb
(cycling, intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
(intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
(intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
(intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
(intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
(intransitive, figuratively) To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
(intransitive, programming) To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
(intransitive, slang, archaic) To flee; to make one's escape.
(obsolete) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.
(quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
(transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
(transitive) To cause to jump.
(transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
(transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
(transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
(transitive) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.
(transitive, obsolete) To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
(transitive, slang) To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
(transitive, smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables.