jump cut

1. 1.

   an immediate transition from one scene to another

   Broadercut

Questions about jump cut

What does jump cut mean?

jump cut means "an immediate transition from one scene to another".

Is jump cut a common word?

jump cut is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.