JUMPING

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

Example: "Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high."

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

Example: "She is going to jump from the diving board."

To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.

Example: "To jump a stream"

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

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

Example: "The sudden sharp sound made me jump."

To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.

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

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.

Example: "The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop."

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

Example: "I hate it when people jump the queue."

To attack suddenly and violently.

Example: "The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley."

To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).

To cause to jump.

Example: "The rider jumped the horse over the fence."

To move the distance between two opposing subjects.

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

To increase speed aggressively and without warning.

To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.

(smithwork) to join by a buttweld.

To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.

(quarrying) to bore with a jumper.

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

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

To flee; to make one's escape.