(Australia) Of a horse, to jump upwards with arched back and head down in an attempt to throw its rider.
(Australia) To take part in a buckjumping competition.
buckjumper
buckjumper
noun
A horse that buckjumps.
One who takes part in buckjumping.
counterjumper
counterjumper
noun
(slang, derogatory, dated) A salesman in a shop; a shopman or clerk.
gelandejump
imprejudicate
imprejudicate
adj
(obsolete) Without prejudice; impartial.
imprejudice
jamalpur
jamshedpur
janapum
jephum
jepum
jimpricute
judaeophilism
judophobism
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.
jumpable
jumpable
adj
Able to be jumped.
jumped
jumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jump
jumper
jumper
noun
(US) A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
(US) A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children; pinafore.
(arachnology, informal) A jumping spider.
(basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
(chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A woollen sweater or pullover.
(electricity) A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
(historical, 18th century) One of certain Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions.
(horology) A spring to impel the star wheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
(usually plural, jumpers) Rompers.
(video games) A platform game based around jumping.
A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.
A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire.
Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
The larva of the cheese fly.
verb
(transitive) To connect with an electrical jumper.
jumperism
jumperism
noun
(historical) The religious practices of the jumpers (Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was characterized by violent convulsions).
jumpers
jumpers
noun
plural of jumper
jumpier
jumpier
adj
comparative form of jumpy: more jumpy
jumpiest
jumpiest
adj
superlative form of jumpy: most jumpy
jumpily
jumpily
adv
nervously, or restlessly
unevenly
jumpiness
jumpiness
noun
The state of being jumpy.
jumpinesses
jumpinesses
noun
plural of jumpiness
jumping
jumping
adj
(colloquial) Exuberantly active; in full swing.
noun
The act of performing a jump.
verb
present participle and gerund of jump
jumpingly
jumpingly
adv
In a jumping way; with jumping motions.
jumpmaster
jumpmaster
noun
One who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists from an aeroplane.
jumpness
jumpoff
jumpoff
noun
(slang) A sexual partner who is more than a one-night stand but with whom one does not intend to form a long-term romantic relationship.
jumpoffs
jumpoffs
noun
plural of jumpoff
jumprock
jumprock
noun
Any of a number of North American fish in the sucker genus Moxostoma
jumprocks
jumprocks
noun
plural of jumprock
jumps
jumps
noun
(fashion) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
plural of jump
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jump
jumpscrape
jumpseed
jumpseed
noun
A trailside plant, Persicaria virginiana, with a long seedstalk bearing adhesive seeds.
jumpsome
jumpsome
adj
Characterised or marked by jumping
jumpsuit
jumpsuit
noun
a one-piece item of clothing originally used by parachutists
a similar item of clothing used for outdoor sports such as skiing
jumpsuits
jumpsuits
noun
plural of jumpsuit
jumpy
jumpy
adj
Nervous and excited.
Tending to jump; full of jumps.
longjumping
microjump
microjumps
misprejudiced
misprejudiced
adj
Holding a bad or wrong prejudice.
outjump
outjump
verb
(transitive) To jump better than; particularly higher than, or further than.
outjumped
outjumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outjump
outjumping
outjumping
verb
present participle of outjump
outjumps
outjumps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outjump
overjump
overjump
verb
(intransitive) To jump too far or too high.
(transitive) To jump over.
(transitive, obsolete) To omit or ignore.
panjandrum
panjandrum
noun
(military) A massive, rocket-propelled, explosive-laden cart designed by the British military during World War II.
A self-important or pretentious person.
An important, powerful or influential person.
panjandrums
panjandrums
noun
plural of panjandrum
panmunjom
panmunjom
Proper noun
A tiny, uninhabited hamlet in Korea, in the center of the demilitarized zone, where the North and South Korean governments meet.
panmunjon
perjurement
perjurymonger
perjurymongering
photojournalism
photojournalism
noun
A form of journalism in which a story is told primarily through photographs and other images
plumbojarosite
plumbojarosite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.
polejumper
preadjournment
preadjustment
preadjustment
noun
previous adjustment
preadjustments
preadjustments
noun
plural of preadjustment
prejudgement
prejudgement
noun
Alternative spelling of prejudgment
prejudgment
prejudgment
noun
A judgment made before the evidence has been presented, a prejudice.
prejudgments
prejudgments
noun
plural of prejudgment
premierjus
proadjournment
punjum
punjum
noun
A kind of longcloth from India.
semperjuvenescent
semperjuvenescent
adj
(rare, literary) Forever young or growing younger.
showjumping
showjumping
noun
(sports, equestrianism) A sporting competition where horses are ridden around a course consisting of several jumps, to demonstrate the skill of both the rider and the horse.
smokejumper
smokejumper
noun
(US, Canada) A firefighter who parachutes into a remote area to combat wildfires and set up firebreaks.