Jump

jump, v.i. to spring upward, or forward, or both: to bound: to pa to as by a leap: to agree, coincide ( with ).— v.t. to pa by a leap: to skip over: to cause to start, as game:— pr.p. jump′ing; pa.p. jumped.— n. act of jumping: a bound, a hazard.— adv. ( Shak. ) exactly.— ns. Jump′er , one who jumps: a long iron drill or borer used in quarries and mines: ( pl. ) a term applied to certain Welsh Methodists (c. 1760), who jumped about in worship: Jump′ing-deer , the black-tailed American deer; Jump′ing-hare , a South African rodent, akin to the jerboas; Jump′-seat , a carriage-seat which may be moved backwards or forwards, so as to be used as single or double: a carriage with a movable seat; Count′er-jump′er , a draper's shopman.— Jump a claim ( U.S. ), to take land to which another already holds a claim; Jump at , to embrace with eagerne ; Jump one's bail , to abscond, forfeiting one's bail; Jump over , to disregard, omit; Jump over the broomstick , to make an irregular marriage. [From a Teut. root seen in Sw. dial. gump a , Middle High Ger. gumpen , to jump.]