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Noun jumping has 2 senses

jumping - the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
--₁ is a kind of track and field
--₁ has particulars: broad jump, long jump; high jump
jump, jumping - the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
--₂ is a kind of propulsion, actuation
--₂ has particulars:
header; hop; leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce; vault, hurdle; jumping up and down; capriole

Derived form: verb jump₁

Verb jump has 14 senses

jump, leap, bound, spring - move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
--₁ is one way to move

Derived forms: noun jump₆, noun jumping₂
Sample sentence:
The horses jump across the field
startle, jump, start - move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"
--₂ is one way to move

Derived form: noun jump₄
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
jump - make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
--₃ is one way to assail, assault, set on, attack
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
jump - increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"
--₄ is one way to wax, mount, climb, rise

Derived form: noun jump₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
leap out, jump out, jump, stand out, stick out - be highly noticeable
--₅ is one way to look, appear, seem
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
It ----s that CLAUSE
jump - enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"
--₆ is one way to enter, participate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
rise, jump, climb up - rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
--₇ is one way to change

Derived form: noun jump₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
derail, jump - run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
--₈ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
parachute, jump - jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
--₉ is one way to dive, plunge, plunk

Derived form: noun jump₅
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
jump, leap - cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
Sample sentence:
The men jump the horses across the field
jumpstart, jump-start, jump - start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car's battery
--₁₁ is one way to start, start up
Sample sentence:
These cars won't jump
jump, pass over, skip, skip over - bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
--₁₂ is one way to neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
leap, jump - pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"
--₁₃ is one way to switch, shift, change

Derived form: noun jump₃
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
alternate, jump - go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
--₁₄ is one way to change, alter, vary
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP