(Cumbria, Ireland, Northumbria, Yorkshire, games) The act of knocking one's pace-egg (“a coloured hard-boiled egg traditionally made at Easter”) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other's egg and leaving one's own intact, an Easter custom in many countries.
verb
(transitive, Cumbria, Ireland, Northumbria, Yorkshire, games) To knock (a pace-egg) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other's egg and leaving one's own intact.
jasp
jaup
jaup
noun
(Scotland, Northern England) A mark left by a splash of water or mud.
(Scotland, Northern England) A splash.
verb
(Scotland, Northern England) To splash; to slosh.
jawp
jeep
jeep
adj
(military) Pertaining to utility or general purpose.
noun
(Australia, regional) A covered shopping cart, also called a "shopping stroller".
(Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of jeepney
(corrosion) A device for detecting discontinuity in a protective coating, also called a "holiday detector"
(genericized trademark) A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle.
A light utility truck from WWII used by the U.S. Army, and subsequently turned into the trademark Jeep when civilianized by originating manufacturer Willys-Overland.
A small, blocky, military-style vehicle with four-wheel drive, suited to rough terrain.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To travel by jeep.
jimp
jimp
adj
(dated, Scotland and N England) neat; trim; delicate
(dated, Scotland and N England) scant; barely sufficient.
noun
A notch on the spine of a knife blade to increase grip, usually in sets of three or more (jimping).
Such a notch elsewhere on the knife (handle scales, liner lock, choil) for the same purpose (grippiness).
jopa
jpeg
jpeg
noun
Alternative letter-case form of JPEG
jump
jump
adj
(obsolete) Exact; matched; fitting; precise.
adv
(obsolete) Exactly; precisely
noun
(US, informal, automotive) Short for jump-start.
(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.
To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
jupe
jupe
noun
(IRC) A block placed on a server, nickname or channel.
A style of short jacket, usually for a woman or child.
A style of skirt.
verb
(IRC) To block a server (from joining the network), a nickname or channel (from being used).
puja
puja
noun
A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship.