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JUMP, v.i.

1. To leap; to skip; to spring. Applied to men, it signifies to spring upwards or forwards with both feet, in distinction from hop, which signifies to spring with one foot. A man jumps over a ditch; a beast jumps over a fence. A man jumps upon a horse; a goat jumps from rock to rock.

2. To spring over any thing; to pass to at a leap.

Here, upon this bank and shelve of time,

We'd jump the life to come.

We see a little, presume a great deal, and so jump to the conclusion.

3. To bound; to pass from object to object; to jolt.

The noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots. Nahum 3.

4. To agree; to tally; to coincide.

In some sort it jumps with my humor.

[This use of the word is now vulgar, and in America, I think, is confined to the single phrase, to jump in judgment.

JUMP, v.t. To pass by a leap; to pass over eagerly or hastily; as, to jump a stream. [But over is understood.]

JUMP, n. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.

1. A lucky chance.

JUMP, n. A kind of loose or limber stays or waistcoat, worn by females.

JUMP, adv. Exactly; nicely.

1913 Definition
Jump (jump)
n.(?)
Jump
[Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf. Juppon.] (a)
  1. A kind of loose jacket for men.
    (b) pl.
  2. To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs] to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.

    Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square. Shak.

  3. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.
    "The jumping chariots." Nahum iii. 2.

    A flock of geese jump down together. Dryden.

  4. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with.
    "It jumps with my humor." Shak.

    To jump at, to spring to; hence, fig., to accept suddenly or eagerly; as, a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at a chance.

  5. To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.
  6. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.
  7. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
    [Obs.]

    To jump a body with a dangerous physic. Shak.

  8. To join by a butt weld.
    (b)
  9. To bore with a jumper.

    To jump a claim, to enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation. [Western U. S. *** Australia] See Claim, n., 3. -- To jump one's bail, to abscond while at liberty under bail bonds. [Slang, U. S.]

  10. The act of jumping] a leap; a spring; a bound.
    "To advance by jumps." Locke.
  11. An effort; an attempt; a venture.
    [Obs.]

    Our fortune lies
    Upon thisjump.
    Shak.

  12. The space traversed by a leap.
  13. A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
  14. An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

    From the jump, from the start or beginning. [Colloq.] -- Jump joint. (a) A butt joint. (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels. -- Jump seat. (a) A movable carriage seat. (b) A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat. Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat wagon.

  15. Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.
    [Obs.] "Jump names." B. Jonson.
  16. Exactly; pat.
    [Obs.] Shak.

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