Jumping

//ˈd͡ʒʌm.pɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang

adj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1
The act of performing a jump.
"When the tuning-fork is brought over a resonant jar or bottle, the beats may be heard and the jumpings seen by a thousand people at once."
2
the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground wordnet
3
the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump wordnet

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of jump form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1
Exuberantly active; in full swing. colloquial
"When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo) And everybody havin' a ball (Hah, ho, Yippie Yi Yo)"

Synonyms

alive bouncing bounding capering hopping hurdle race

Example

"One dog and two people are jumping."

Related phrases

Asian jumping worm B.A.S.E. jumping BASE jumping Mexican jumping bean bail jumping barfly jumping barrel jumping bungee jumping bungy jumping claim-jumping dirt jumping gun jumping

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