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say it: juhmp
jump is a verb and noun meaning "move forward by leaps and bounds". It is pronounced /ˈdʒʌmp/ — juhmp. It carries 21 recorded senses.
start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
an abrupt transition
“a successful leap from college to the major leagues”
(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
a sudden involuntary movement
“he awoke with a start”
descent with a parachute
“he had done a lot of parachuting in the army”
the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
“he advanced in a series of jumps”
“the jumping was unexpected”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for jump come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.