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"Jump" in French?

Pronunciation : Jump
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf. Juppon.] (a) A kind of loose jacket for men. (b) pl.
Definition : Defn: A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Jump
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Akin to OD. gumpen, dial. G. gumpen, jumpen.]
Definition : 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Jumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Jumping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Jump
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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)

Defn: 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.]

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Jump
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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)

Defn: A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

5. (Arch.)

Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Jump
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. [Obs.] "Jump names." B. Jonson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Jump
Part of Speech : adv.
Definition : Defn: Exactly; pat.[Obs.] Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913