jumping

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

“Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high.”

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

“She is going to jump from the diving board.”

To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.

“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.

“The sudden sharp sound made me jump.”

To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.

“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.

“The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.”

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

“I hate it when people jump the queue.”

To attack suddenly and violently.

“The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.”

To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).

To cause to jump.

“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.

The act of performing a jump.

Exuberantly active; in full swing.