Parachute
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device. To be placed in an organisation in a position of seniority without having previous experience there.
Example sentence: I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.
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: I'm not the strongest, I'm not the fastest, I can't jump the highest, so for me, it's doing it in other ways: changing paces, using your body to get open, knowing your defender. A lot goes into it. You have to study the game.