Jump
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward. To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location. To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently. 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. To move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward. To attack suddenly and violently. To force to jump.
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: exactly; precisely
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An instance of propelling oneself into the air. 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 reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body. A jumping move in a board game. An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly. An early start or an advantage. A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
Example sentence: When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
Jump-start
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the process or result of recharging a battery by jump-starting
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to recharge a dead battery in a car using cables hooked up between it and another car's batteryto cause a sudden improvement in something