jump

Push yourself off the ground so your whole body moves into the air.

• I can jump high.
• The children jumped up and down.
• Can you jump over that puddle?

How to use it: jump over something (The dog jumped over the fence.); jump onto something (The cat jumped onto the chair.)

Similar words: leap, hop

Common phrases: jump up, jump for joy, jump in place, jump over something

Move through the air over something by pushing yourself off the ground.

• Can you jump that puddle?
• The horse jumped every fence.
• She jumped the ditch and kept running.

How to use it: jump something (The horse jumped the gate.)

Similar words: leap over, clear

Common phrases: jump a fence, jump a hurdle, jump the ditch

Move suddenly because something surprises or frightens you.

• The loud bang made me jump.
• She jumped when the phone rang.
• Did you jump when he shouted?

How to use it: jump at something (I jumped at the sudden crash.)

Similar words: start, startle

Common phrases: jump in surprise, jump with fright, jump at something

Make a bicycle, horse, or other thing you control move through the air.

• He can jump his bike.
• She jumped her horse over a fallen tree.
• They practiced jumping their bicycles on the dirt track.

How to use it: jump something over something (She jumped her horse over the low fence.)

Common phrases: jump a bike, jump a horse, jump a bicycle

Start a vehicle with a flat battery using power from another vehicle.

• Can you jump my car?
• A neighbor jumped our truck this morning.
• We need cables to jump the car.

Similar words: jump-start

Common phrases: jump a car, jump the battery, jump my truck

A movement in which you push yourself off the ground and into the air.

• That was a high jump.
• His first jump was longer than his second.
• She landed safely after the jump.

How to use it: jump over something (Her jump over the puddle kept her shoes dry.)

Similar words: leap, hop

Common phrases: high jump, long jump, take a jump, big jump

A sudden body movement caused by surprise or fear.

• She gave a little jump.
• The crash made him give a jump of surprise.
• I felt a sudden jump as someone touched my shoulder.

Similar words: start, jolt

Common phrases: give a jump, little jump, jump of surprise

An act of leaving a high place and falling through the air.

• This is my first parachute jump.
• The jump from the cliff looked frightening.
• They completed three jumps from the training platform.

How to use it: jump from something (His jump from the platform ended in the pool.)

Similar words: leap

Common phrases: parachute jump, bungee jump, jump from something