jumper jump shot | (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump |
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 |
jump ball | (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed, an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate |
jump parachuting | descent with a parachute, he had done a lot of parachuting in the army |
jumping | the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump |
broad jump long jump | the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
high jump | the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar |
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 |
jump rope | a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope |
startle jump start | a sudden involuntary movement, he awoke with a start |
jumpstart jump-start | starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car, my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor |
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 |
jump rope skip rope skipping rope | a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it |
jump seat | a folding seat in an automobile |
jump suit | one-piece uniform worn by parachutists |
jump suit jumpsuit | one-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist's uniform |
ski jump | a steep downward ramp from which skiers jump |
water jump | a pool or stream in a steeplechase or similar contest |
jump | (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another |
jump cut | an immediate transition from one scene to another |
leap jump saltation | an abrupt transition, a successful leap from college to the major leagues |
quantum leap quantum jump | a sudden large increase or advance, this may not insure success but it will represent a quantum leap from last summer |
quantum jump | (physics) an abrupt transition of an electron or atom or molecule from one quantum state to another with the emission or absorption of a quantum |
jump leap | a sudden and decisive increase, a jump in attendance |
high jump | a competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar |
long jump broad jump | a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start |
pole vault pole vaulting pole jump pole jumping | a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole |
triple jump hop-step-and-jump | an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement |
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 |
bird's-foot violet pansy violet Johnny-jump-up wood violet Viola pedata | common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies |
wild pansy Johnny-jump-up heartsease love-in-idleness pink of my John Viola tricolor | a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived |
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) |
alternate jump | go back and forth, swing back and forth between two states or conditions |
rise jump climb up | rise in rank or status, Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list |
jump | increase suddenly and significantly, Prices jumped overnight |
jump off | set off quickly, usually with success, The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class |
jumpstart jump-start | start or re-start vigorously, The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process |
leap jump | pass abruptly from one state or topic to another, leap into fame, jump to a conclusion, jump from one thing to another |
jump pass over skip skip over | bypass, He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible |
jump | enter eagerly into, He jumped into the game |