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Jump

Jump (jump)
n.(?)
Jump
[Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf. Juppon.] (a)
  1. A kind of loose jacket for men.
    (b) pl.

Jump

Jump (jump)
v. i.
Jump
  1. To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs] to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.

    Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square. Shak.

  2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.
    "The jumping chariots." Nahum iii. 2.

    A flock of geese jump down together. Dryden.

  3. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with.
    "It jumps with my humor." Shak.

    To jump at, to spring to; hence, fig., to accept suddenly or eagerly; as, a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at a chance.

Jump

Jump (jump)
v. t.(?)
Jump
  1. To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.
  2. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.
  3. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
    [Obs.]

    To jump a body with a dangerous physic. Shak.

  4. To join by a butt weld.
    (b)
  5. To bore with a jumper.

    To jump a claim, to enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation. [Western U. S. *** Australia] See Claim, n., 3. -- To jump one's bail, to abscond while at liberty under bail bonds. [Slang, U. S.]

Jump

Jump (jump)
n.
Jump
  1. The act of jumping] a leap; a spring; a bound.
    "To advance by jumps." Locke.
  2. An effort; an attempt; a venture.
    [Obs.]

    Our fortune lies
    Upon thisjump.     Shak.

  3. The space traversed by a leap.
  4. A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
  5. An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.

    From the jump, from the start or beginning. [Colloq.] -- Jump joint. (a) A butt joint. (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels. -- Jump seat. (a) A movable carriage seat. (b) A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat. Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat wagon.

Jump

Jump (jump)
a.
Jump
  1. Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.
    [Obs.] "Jump names." B. Jonson.

Jump

Jump (jump)
adv.
Jump
  1. Exactly; pat.
    [Obs.] Shak.












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