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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jupon \Ju*pon"\, Juppon \Jup*pon"\, n. [F. jupon, fr jupe skirt, Sp aljuba a Moorish garment, Ar jubba.] [Written variously {jupe}, {jump}, {juppo}, etc.] 1. A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips. --Dryden. 2. A petticoat. --Halliwell. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jump \Jump\, v. t. 1. To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as to jump a stream. 2. To cause to jump; as he jumped his horse across the ditch. 3. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. [Obs.] To jump a body with a dangerous physic. -- Shak. 4. Smithwork a To join by a butt weld. b To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset. 5. (Quarrying) To bore with a jumper. {To jump a claim}, to enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation. [Western U. S. & Australia] See {Claim}, n., 3. {To jump one's bail}, to abscond while at liberty under bail bonds. [Slang, U. S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jump \Jump\, n. [Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf {Juppon}.] a A kind of loose jacket for men. b pl A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jump \Jump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jumped}; p. pr & vb n. {Jumping}.] [Akin to OD gumpen, dial. G. gumpen, jumpen.] 1. To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap. Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square. -- Shak. 2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. ``The jumping chariots.'' --Nahum iii. 2. A flock of geese jump down together. -- Dryden. 3. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with ``It jumps with my humor.'' --Shak. {To jump at}, to spring to hence fig., to accept suddenly or eagerly; as a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at a chance. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jump \Jump\, n. 1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. ``To advance by jumps.'' --Locke. 2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.] Our fortune lies Upon thisjump -- Shak. 3. The space traversed by a leap. 4. (Mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault. 5. (Arch.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry. {From the jump}, from the start or beginning. [Colloq.] {Jump joint}. a A butt joint. b A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels. {Jump seat}. a A movable carriage seat. b A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat. Also used adjectively; as a jump-seat wagon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jump \Jump\, a. Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. [Obs.] ``Jump names.'' --B. Jonson From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jump \Jump\, adv Exactly; pat.[Obs.] --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: jump n 1: a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" [syn: {leap}] 2: an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues" [syn: {leap}] 3: in films: a transition from one scene to another 4: a sudden involuntary movement: "he awoke with a start" [syn: {startle}, {start}] 5: descent with a parachute [syn: {parachuting}] 6: the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected" [syn: {jumping}] v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: {leap}, {bound}, {spring}] 2: move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room" [syn: {startle}, {start}] 3: make a sudden physical attack on "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat" 4: increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight" 5: be highly noticeable [syn: {leap out}, {jump out}, {stand out}] 6: enter eagerly into "He jumped into the game" 7: rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list" [syn: {rise}, {climb up}] 8: of trains [syn: {derail}, {run off the rails}] 9: cause to jump or leap, as of a trained animal [syn: {leap}] 10: of car engines [syn: {jumpstart}] 11: bypass; "He skippped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" [syn: {pass over}, {skip}, {skip over}] 12: pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion" [syn: {leap}] 13: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions [syn: {alternate}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: jump(Or "branch") The term for a {goto} instruction, usually in a context of {machine languages}. Branch" may be synonymous with "jump", or may refer to jumps that depend on a condition. (1998-11-14)
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