6 entries under this word
[imp. & p. p. JUMPED (jŭmt, 84); p. pr. & vb. n. JUMPING.] [O. D. gumpen, Prov. Ger. gumpen, jumpen.]
Sense 1. To throw one's self in any direction by lifting the feet wholly from the ground and alighting again upon them; to skip; to spring; to bound.
Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half to the square. Shak.
A flock of geese jump down together. Dryden.
Sense 2. To agree; to tally; to coincide. [Rare.]
In some sort it jumps with my humor. Shak.
v. t. 1. To pass by a leap; to pass over eagerly or hastily; to skip over; as, to jump a stream.
Sense 2. To expose to risk; to hazard; to venture. [Obs.]
“To jump a body with a dangerous physic.” Shak.
“To jump the life to come.” Shak.
Sense 3. (Smith Work.) To join by a butt-weld.
To jump a claim, to seize upon land in the absence of one who has the prior claim under the pre-emption laws, and in disregard of his rights. [U. S.]
n. 1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound; a rise.
Sense 2. A risk; a venture. [Obs.]
Our fortune hangs upon this jump. Shak.
Sense 3. (Geol.) A dislocation in a mineral stratum; a fault.
Sense 4. (Arch.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brick-work or masonry.
From the jump, from the start or beginning.
a. 1. Agreed on; matched. [Obs.] “Jump names.” B. Jonson. 2. Nicely fitting; as, a jump-coat. [Obs.] Nares.
[From the verb jump, to agree or tally.] Exactly; as, jump at the dead of night. Shak.
n. [Fr. jŭpe, a long petticoat, a skirt, Pr. jŭpa, L. Lat. jŭpa, jŭppa, It. giubba, giuppa, Sp. al-jŭba, from Ar. al-jubbah, a cotton waistcoat. Cf. JUPPON.] A kind of loose or limber stays or waist-coat worn by females.