jump
jumping | the act of jumping, propelling yourself off the ground, he advanced in a series of jumps, the jumping was unexpected |
| jumping up and down | jumping in one spot (as in excitement), the wailing and jumping up and down exhausted him |
| vertical bank | a bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical |
springboard
jumping-off point
point of departure | a beginning from which an enterprise is launched, he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own, reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions, the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out |
campaign hunting expedition
safari | an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) |
| jumping | the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump |
| ski jumping | the act of performing a jump on skis from a high ramp overhanging a snow covered slope |
showjumping
stadium jumping | riding horses in competitions over set courses to demonstrate skill in jumping over obstacles |
crossountry riding
crossountry jumping | riding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanship |
| hunt hunting | the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport |
deer hunting
deer hunt | hunting deer |
| ducking duck hunting | hunting ducks |
fox hunting
foxhunt | mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox |
hunt
hunting | the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts |
search
hunt hunting | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
vertical integration
vertical combination | absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution |
wolf spider
hunting spider | ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web |
| hunting dog | a dog used in hunting game |
African hunting dog
hyena dog
Cape hunting dog
Lycaon pictus | a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs, now rare in settled area |
jumping plant louse
psylla
psyllid | small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping, feeds on plant juices |
jumping bristletail
machilid | wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks, they make erratic leaps when disturbed |
| jumping mouse | any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches, of woodlands of Eurasia and North America |
meadow jumping mouse
Zapus hudsonius | widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada |
| bouncing betty | an antipersonnel land mine |
fipple flute
fipple pipe
recorder
vertical flute | a tubular wind instrument with finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece |
hunter
hunting watch | a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal |
| hunting knife | a large sharp knife with a handle shaped to fit the grip |
| jumping jack | plaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling strings |
| lodge hunting lodge | a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter |
riding crop
hunting crop | a short whip with a thong at the end and a handle for opening gates |
| upright vertical | a vertical structural member as a post or stake, the ball sailed between the uprights |
| vertical file | a file in which records are stored upright on one edge |
| vertical section | a mechanical drawing showing the interior of an object as if made by a vertical plane passing through it |
vertical stabilizer
vertical stabiliser
vertical fin
tail fin
tailfin | a stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane |
| vertical surface | a surface that is vertical |
| vertical tail | the vertical airfoil in the tail assembly of an aircraft |
hunting license
hunting licence
hunting permit
game license | a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time |
bounce
bouncing | rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts) |
pole vault
pole vaulting
pole jump
pole jumping | a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole |
industrial union
vertical union | a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft |
hunting and gathering tribe
hunting and gathering society | group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables, usually nomadic |
jumping-off place
point of departure | a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched, one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him, my point of departure was San Francisco |
| hunting ground | an area in which game is hunted |
| vertical circle | a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the zenith and perpendicular to the horizon |
| hunting guide | guide to people hunting in unfamiliar territory |
soapwort
hedge pink
bouncing Bet
bouncing Bess
Saponaria officinalis | plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised |
jumping orchid
Catasetum macrocarpum | orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme, when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected |
jumping bean
jumping seed
Mexican jumping bean | seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble |
| vertical | something that is oriented vertically |
| vertical angle | either of two equal and opposite angles formed by the intersection of two straight lines |