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 |
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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| jumping jack | plaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling strings |
pole vault
pole vaulting
pole jump
pole jumping | a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole |
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 |
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 |
transposon
jumping gene | a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole) |