jump


jump (http://definr.com/jump)

     n 1: a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" [syn:
           leap]
     2: an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the
        major leagues" [syn: leap, saltation]
     3: (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
     4: a sudden involuntary movement: "he awoke with a start" [syn:
         startle, start]
     5: descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting
        in the army" [syn: parachuting]
     6: the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he
        advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was
        unexpected" [syn: 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: leap, bound, spring]
     2: move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She
        startled when I walked into the room" [syn: startle, 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, {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, climb up]
     8: of trains [syn: derail, run off the rails]
     9: cause to jump or leap, as of a trained animal [syn: leap]
     10: start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another
         car's battery [syn: jumpstart]
     11: bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence
         was incomprehensible" [syn: pass over, skip, {skip
         over}]
     12:  pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap
         into fame"; "jump to a conclusion" [syn: leap]
     13: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states
         or conditions [syn: alternate]