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]