Added 8 October 2026
jump
/d͡ʒʌmp/ verb
In Latin: saliō, saltō Wiktionary
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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.
The boy jumped over a fence.
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To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
She is going to jump from the diving board.
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To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
to jump a stream
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adverb
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Origin
From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gumpōną ~ *gumbōną (“to hop, skip, bounce”), an iterative verb. The OED suggests an imitative origin. Related to jumble. In the sense “to propel oneself” it displaced leap partially and spring largely.
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