jumping

Meanings

• the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
• the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
  • "the jumping was unexpected"
• move forward by leaps and bounds
• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
• make a sudden physical attack on
• increase suddenly and significantly
• be highly noticeable
• enter eagerly into
• rise in rank or status
• jump down from an elevated point
• run off or leave the rails
• jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
• cause to jump or leap
• start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
• bypass
• pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
• go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

Synonyms

alternate, bound, chute, climb up, derail, jump, jump off, jump out, jump-start, jumpstart, leap, leap out, parachute, pass over, rise, skip, skip over, spring, stand out, start, startle, stick out