1. To spring off the ground or other base by a muscular effort of the legs and feet. 2. jumped out of bed. 3. jumped when the phone rang. 4. To parachute from an aircraft. 5. Jump when I give you an order. 6. jump at a bargain. 7. jumped into the race for the nomination. 8. The project jumped off with great enthusiasm but interest flagged during the summer. 9. jump to conclusions. 10. jumped at me for being late; jumped on her subordinates for their carelessness. 11. Prices jumped in October. 12. jumped over two others with more seniority. 13. jumps from one subject to another; jumped from one job to another. 14. The phonograph needle jumped. 15. The film jumped during projection. 16. To move from one set of instructions in a program to another out of sequence. 17. To move over an opponent's playing piece in a board game. 18. To make a jump bid in bridge. 19. a disco that really jumps. 20. jump a fence. 21. jump a bus. 22. Muggers jumped him in the park. 23. jumped the starting signal. 24. jump a horse over a fence. 25. Unexpected shortages jumped milk prices by several cents a quart. 26. The typewriter jumped a space. 27. To raise in rank or position; promote. 28. To move a piece over (an opponent's piece) in a board game, often thereby capturing the opponent's piece. 29. To raise (a partner's bid) in bridge by more than is necessary. 30. To jump-start (a motor vehicle). 31. The train jumped the rails. 32. jumped town a step ahead of the police. 33. jumped the team and signed with a rival club. 34. jump a mining claim. 35. To forfeit (bail) by failing to appear in court. 36. The act of jumping; a leap. 37. a jump of seven feet. 38. An obstacle or a span to be jumped. 39. A descent from an aircraft by parachute. 40. Any of several track-and-field events in which contestants jump. 41. got the jump on the other daily papers. 42. A sudden pronounced rise, as in price or salary. 43. An impressive promotion. 44. managed to stay a jump ahead of the others. 45. A sudden or major transition, as from one career or subject to another. 46. A short trip. 47. One in a series of moves and stopovers, as with a circus or road show. 48. A move in a board game over an opponent's piece. 49. A movement from one set of instructions to another. 50. An involuntary nervous movement; a start. 51. 52. A jump-start of a motor vehicle. 53. To start doing something too soon.
