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How to pronounce jump
Say it like this: /d͡ʒʌmp/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does jump mean?
verbTo 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.”
To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
“She is going to jump from the diving board.”
To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
“to jump a stream”
nounThe act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
“To advance by jumps.”
An effort; an attempt; a venture.
“Our fortune lies / Upon this jump.”
A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
advExactly; precisely.
“Thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour, With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch.”
adjExact; matched; fitting; precise.
“Thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour, / With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch”
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