Word Finder - jumping

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To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.

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Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high.

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To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.

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She is going to jump from the diving board.

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To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.

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to jump a stream

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To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.

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To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.

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The sudden sharp sound made me jump.

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To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.

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Share prices jumped by 10% after the company announced record profits.

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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.

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The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.

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To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.

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I hate it when people jump the queue.

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To attack suddenly and violently.

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The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.

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To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).

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To cause to jump.

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The rider jumped the horse over the fence.

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To move the distance between two opposing subjects.

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To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.

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To increase speed aggressively and without warning.

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To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.

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(smithwork) To join by a buttweld.

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To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.

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(quarrying) To bore with a jumper.

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To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.

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To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.

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To flee; to make one's escape.

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The act of performing a jump.

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Exuberantly active; in full swing.

You have an affinity for jumping off tall things.

Are you jumping to your balcony?

Jumping from the bed, she dressed quickly and went to the kitchen.

But I was kinda jumping the gun.

I hear they're jumping into the boat up north.

That's what we get for jumping to conclusions!

In jumping an ordinary hedge or ditch at moderate speed, there is of course a moment of time during which the horse is on his hind legs, and in theory the rider should then lean forward, but, in practice, this position is so momentary, and the lash out of the hind legs in the spring is so powerful, that it is best not to lean forward at all, because of the difficulty, if not impossibility, of getting back in time for the reverse movement, when the rider should be preparing to render the horse some assistance with the bridle as his feet touch the ground.

Yup. The fish are practically jumping in the boat.

Running works great, running backward, jumping side steps, jumping in place, jumping jacks, things like that.

When witness went on the bridge the captain was just jumping overboard to a small seaplane.

Him jumping rope world championship event square miles but and chauffeured sedans.

Before the successful show featuring, among other things, scantily clad women jumping around on trampolines hit the airwaves, Kimmel found his big break into TV as the host of Win Ben Stein's Money.

When I hit the pheasant the man standing with me was jumping with joy because it had taken me all morning to hit something.

In fact, the image of this venerable charity seems to have skipped an era, jumping from 19th century philanthropy to 21st efficiency.

His stunts on seaside piers included jumping into the sea in a sack.

In 1885, Sarah Anne Henley, after a lover's quarrel, tried to commit suicide by jumping off of it.

He responded by jumping 2.30m and winning the event, but even on the victory rostrum there were as many boos as cheers.

The mammal survey showed that wood mice live at Jumping Downs and Pygmy shrew were found at some of the reptile survey sites!

Some classic swing tracks such as Jumping Jive and Is you is?

Everyone else is jumping on the World Cup bandwagon, however tenuous their product link is with football.

I can't imagine jumping with a more friendly, relaxed and knowledgeable bunch than the guys I found at freefall university.

Rob and John, for example, are planning the wizard wheeze of jumping from the roof of London's Park Lane Hilton.

The spark coil has a resistance about ten times as great as that of the electromagnet it shunts, and the wire of which it is composed is double wound so as to have no retarding effect on the induced current, which circulates through the spark coil instead of jumping in the form of a spark across the contact points.

Many accidents have arisen from horses rushing through a gateway directly the latch is released, or from their jumping a gate at which they have been pulled up to enable the rider to open it.

The forms comprised in the various groups, whilst exhibiting an extreme range of variety in shape, as may be seen on comparing an oyster, a cuttle-fish, and a sea-slug such as Doris; whilst adapted, some to life on dry land, others to the depths of the sea, others to rushing streams; whilst capable, some of swimming, others of burrowing, crawling or jumping, some, on the other hand, fixed and immobile; some amongst the most formidable of carnivores, others feeding on vegetable mud, or on the minutest of microscopic organisms - yet all agree in possessing in common a very considerable number of structural details which are not possessed in common by any other animals.

The Persian jerboa (Alactaga indica) is also a nocturnal burrowing animal, feeding chiefly on grain, which it stores up in underground repositories, closing these when full, and only drawing upon them when the supply of food above ground is exhausted (see also Jumping Mouse).

First he spun her round, holding her now with his left, now with his right hand, then falling on one knee he twirled her round him, and again jumping up, dashed so impetuously forward that it seemed as if he would rush through the whole suite of rooms without drawing breath, and then he suddenly stopped and performed some new and unexpected steps.

The mammal survey showed that wood mice live at Jumping Downs and pygmy shrew were found at some of the reptile survey sites !

Master new combo attacks, including stealth and jumping moves, played out in breathtakingly gory detail via an improved fighting engine.

In 1885, Sarah Anne Henley, after a lover 's quarrel, tried to commit suicide by jumping off of it.

Further fields, each entered by a succession of stiles, either have horses grazing within or contain practice show jumping or steeplechase fences.

Also yes they will include strafe jumping in the multiplayer part of the game.

No fair rides, bungee jumping set to come, tarot reader.

It sounds like I should be able to handle the Blade 4.0 for my first traction kite for jumping.

For example, if your pet was jumping on you or a guest, firmly force your dog into the sitting position and hold him there for a moment until he relaxes.

Children love jumping around on trampolines, and seniors will find that there is little stress placed on their knees, hips and joints.

I ca n't imagine jumping with a more friendly, relaxed and knowledgeable bunch than the guys I found at freefall university.

And with my apologies for jumping the gun in such an unseemly manner.

Suddenly, the movement changed to a sort of jumping, up-and-down movement.

The aim of these notes is to save the user of MGP from jumping to too many wrong conclusions.

Print the following on the opposite side, "Come to a jungle jumping birthday party!"

While more and more department stores are jumping on the round baby bed bandwagon, you still may have to visit baby specialty shops for a wider variety.

Wide screen format is what movie directors claim they want you to view their movies in, in order to get the maximum enjoyment of lighting, action and scenery without jumping from side-to-side common with regular screen movie viewing.

Famous Tempurpedic commercials involved a person placing a glass of wine on his bed and then jumping up and down on the other side.

You might also want to provide him with a cat tree and a few new toys so he can get the kind of exercise he would if he was climbing and jumping around outside.

Nothing, absolutely nothing, worked until I began to praise her for not jumping on them.

The oil keeps the fleas from jumping back out.

The active ingredient, imidacloprid, also kills adult fleas within two hours of jumping onto the cat's body.

If you're at the point of jumping into a DMP plan, you've probably already accumulated a few delinquent accounts here and there.

The best way to ensure that your child stays safe is to teach him good bunk bed etiquette, which means no roughhousing on the bed or jumping from the top bunk.