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noun
- One who leaps.
- Synonym of jumper (“person who attempts suicide by jumping from a height”).
- (chess) A piece, like the knight, which moves a fixed distance, and ignores pieces in the way.
- A person whose birthday falls on 29 February, and thus only occurs in leap years.
- A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
- someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)
noun
- a person who jumps
- an athlete who competes at jumping
- Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
- A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
- (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump
- a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
- a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen
- a coverall worn by children
- a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections
- a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body
- A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection.
- (chiefly British, Australia, New Zealand) A woollen sweater or pullover.
- (Australian rules football) The shirt worn by the players; a guernsey.
- (rail transport) An electrical connection between the vehicles of a train, usually a passenger train; a jumper cable.
- (usually plural, jumpers) Rompers.
- (basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
- (US) A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
- Ellipsis of smokejumper.
- A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
- (video games) A platform game based around jumping.
- A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
- (horology) A spring to impel the starwheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
- A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.
- (US) A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children; pinafore.
- (arachnology, informal) A jumping spider.
- The larva of the cheese fly.
- (electricity) A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
verb
verb
- jump a hurdle
- To jump over something while running.
- (T-flapping) Misspelling of hurtle.
- To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
- To overcome an obstacle.
- (chess, of a hopper piece) To jump over another piece without capturing it.
- To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
noun
- the act of jumping over an obstacle
- a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
- an obstacle that you are expected to overcome
- (T-flapping) Misspelling of hurtle.
- (figuratively) An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.
- (UK, historical) A sled or crate on which criminals were drawn to the place of execution.
- (athletics, equestrianism) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
- (chess) A piece that is jumped over by a hopper piece.
- A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
noun
- A sizeable jump, great leap.
- A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
- (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
- (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
- the greatest possible degree of something
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- a line determining the limits of an area
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
adj
- Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
- (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
- Confined or restricted to a certain place.
- (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
- (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
- Unable to move in certain conditions.
- (with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to
- bound by an oath
- confined in the bowels
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’
- covered or wrapped with a bandage
- bound by contract
- (usually followed by ‘to’) governed by fate
- secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
- confined by bonds
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
verb
- (transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
- (transitive, mathematics) To be the bound of.
- simple past and past participle of bind
- (transitive) To cause to leap.
- (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
noun
- someone who hops
- (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
- terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
- a machine used for picking hops
- funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below
- A grasshopper or locust, especially:
- A bin or device that feeds material into a machine.
- One who or that which hops.
- A Sri Lankan pancake made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
- (chess) A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.
- A hopper car.
- An artificial fishing lure.
- A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- (music) An escapement lever in a piano.
- (slang) A toilet.
- A leafhopper.
- A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
- A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.
- A person or machine that picks hops.
- The immature form of a locust.
- The larva of a cheese fly.
noun
noun
- A leap or jump.
- A machine that flies.
- A risky investment or other venture.
- (music) Synonym of flying cymbal.
- (architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
- A person who travels by airplane.
- (firearms) A stray shot away from the group on a target.
- (sports) A false start
- A leaflet, often for advertising.
- That which flies, as a bird or insect.
- (informal) A fast-moving person or thing.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading, synchronized swimming) A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
- A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
- The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
- A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- someone who operates an aircraft
- someone who travels by air
adj
verb
verb
- leap suddenly
- hit something so that it bounces
- eject from the premises
- come back after being refused
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- move up and down repeatedly
- refuse to accept and send back
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, sometimes followed by with) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- (transitive, electronics, computing) To turn power to (a device) off and back on; to reset; to reboot.
- (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
- (transitive, music, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
- (music, technology) To render two or more tracks to computer storage so that they can be played back and re-recorded with further material added.
- (ergative, Internet, of an e-mail message) To return undelivered.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave.
- (intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
- (horse racing, slang) To race poorly after a successful race.
- (intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
- (transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.
- (intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
- (intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
- To move rapidly (between).
- (transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a cheque/check drawn on one's account).
noun
- rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
- (Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
- An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of two fences close together so that the horse cannot take a full stride between them, nor jump both at once.
- (politics, informal) An increase in popularity.
- A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A good beat in music.
- A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Drugs.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A talent for leaping.
- (slang) The sack, dismissal.
- (quantum mechanics) A hypothetical event where a collapsing system, such as a universe in the Big Bounce theory, reaches a point of extreme density and then rebounds back into an expanding phase, essentially reversing the contraction due to quantum mechanical effects.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Swagger.
- (uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
- Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
- (horse racing, slang) The situation where a horse races poorly after a successful race.
noun
- The act of leaping or jumping.
- A small cataract over which fish attempt to jump; a salmon ladder.
- (figuratively) A significant move forward.
- A group of leopards.
- The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
- A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
- Half a bushel.
- (mining) A fault.
- Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
- (figuratively) A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
- (music) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
- the distance leaped (or to be leaped)
- an abrupt transition
- a sudden and decisive increase
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
adj
verb
noun
- A leap, jump or dance.
- (biology) The act of jumping, or hopping, using all legs simultaneously (although the contribution to motion is typically made chiefly by the hind legs).
- (geology, fluid mechanics) The transport of loose particles by a fluid (such as wind or flowing water).
- (biology) A sudden change from one generation to the next; a mutation.
- Beating or palpitation.
- Any abrupt transition.
- (genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species
- taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
- an abrupt transition
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- (geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface
noun
- A person who rushes.
- (American football) The fast defensive position whose objective is to sack the offensive team's quarterback.
- someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory
- (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball
- a person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously
noun
- A short jump.
- A jump on one leg.
- (US, slang) Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
- (sports, US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
- (informal, figurative) A brief period of development or progress.
- (networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.
- A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.
- (usually in the plural) The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer.
- A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
- (Internet) Synonym of half-op.
- The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
- the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
- twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
- an informal dance where popular music is played
verb
- jump across
- (transitive) To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
- (intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.
- (transitive) To jump onto, or over
- (transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
- (intransitive) To jump a short distance.
- (informal, intransitive) To go in a quick or sudden manner.
- (intransitive) To jump on one foot.
- (informal) To dance.
- (intransitive, usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
- (intransitive) To gather hops.
- jump lightly
- traverse as if by a short airplane trip
- make a jump forward or upward
- move quickly from one place to another
- travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.
verb
noun
- (countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
- A grove of trees; a forest.
- (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
- (nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
- (figurative) A race, a lineage.
- A shoot, a young tree.
- (figurative) A youth.
- Elastic energy, power, or force.
- (countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- (meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
- (countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
- (astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
- Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
- An elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
- (uncountable, figurative) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
- (figurative, politics) a period of political liberalization and democratization
- (oceanography) Ellipsis of spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
- A cause, a motive, etc.
- (nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
- (geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- a point at which water issues forth
- a natural flow of ground water
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring
verb
- To come upon and flush out.
- (figurative) To arise, to come into existence.
- (ambitransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
- (transitive) To cause to spring (all senses).
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.
- (sometimes figurative) To enliven.
- (transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
- (intransitive) To move or burst forth.
- (intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere.
- (UK dialectal) To mature.
- To grow, to sprout.
- (transitive) To leap over.
- (of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
- (of animals) To find or get enough food during springtime.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
- (intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
- (transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to yield.
- (ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
- (Australia, slang) To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
- To appear.
- (intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
- (intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.
- To tell, to share.
- (transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
- (transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
- (figurative, usually with cardinal adverbs) To move with great speed and energy.
- (intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
- (usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from
- develop into a distinctive entity
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- develop suddenly
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
- spring back; spring away from an impact
noun
- a playful leap or hop
- A playful leap or jump.
- any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- a crime (especially a robbery)
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces
- (figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
- A prank or practical joke.
- A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
- (Scotland) The capercaillie.
- (usually in the plural) Playful behaviour.
- A plant of the genus Capparis.
- The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
- A jump while dancing.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.
- (printing, UK, historical) The removal of sheets from the press.
- (surfing) The initial movement a surfer makes to start riding a wave.
- A quantification, especially of building materials.
- A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
- A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
- a departure; especially of airplanes
- humorous or satirical mimicry
verb
noun
noun
- In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
- A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
- A protuberance on a level surface.
- A light blow or jolting collision.
- (US, broadcasting) A short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.
- The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
- (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
- The sound of such a collision.
- (preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump their hips together.
- (uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.
- (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
- The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
- (mining) A sudden movement of underground strata, preceded by a characteristic sound.
- (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
- (colloquial) A minor problem or difficulty.
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, the act of claiming a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (industrial relations) A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.
- an impact (as from a collision)
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- a lump on the body caused by a blow
intj
verb
- (criminal slang and US military slang, circa 1920–1950) To encounter and stop, to catch.
- (slang, transitive) To assassinate; to bump off.
- To move up or down by a step; displace.
- (physical chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
- (transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).
- (transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
- (industrial relations, transitive) To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
- (Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, to claim a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (slang) To play music through a speaker, often loudly and in public.
- Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
- To knock against or run into with a jolt.
- (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
- (intransitive) To move while bumping up and down, as a cart or car does on rough ground.
- to play music at loud volume
- remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
- knock against with force or violence
- dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
- to enjoy some music greatly
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
noun
- A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.
- (sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.
- (informal) A song, typically one on an album, that is not worth listening to.
- A wheeled basket chiefly used in textile factories.
- A skipper; the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
- (radio) skywave propagation
- (video games) A trick allowing the player to proceed to a later section of the game without playing through a section that was intended to be mandatory.
- (Trinity College, Dublin, historical) A college servant.
- (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) A large container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents, or to be picked up by hydraulic arms so that its contents can be dumped into the truck.
- (scouting, informal) The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization).
- The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
- (Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
- A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket.
- (curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
- The captain of a sports team.
- (bowls) The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.
- (steelmaking) A skip car.
- (mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
- A beehive made of woven straw, wicker, etc.
- (slang) A skip-level manager; the boss of one's boss.
- (music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
- a mistake resulting from neglect
- a gait in which steps and hops alternate
verb
- (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
- (knitting, crochet) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
- (printing) To have insufficient ink transfer.
- To jump rope.
- To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continuously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. (of a phonograph record)
- To leap lightly over.
- (transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
- (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- (intransitive) To leap about lightly.
- (transitive, informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
- (transitive, informal) To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
- (transitive) To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1).
- (transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
- intentionally fail to attend
- jump lightly
- leave suddenly
- bound off one point after another
- cause to skip over a surface
- bypass
noun
- a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole
- (athletics) a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a matted pit
noun
adv
adj
noun
- the act of jumping over an obstacle
- an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof
- a burial chamber (usually underground)
- a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables
- The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
- (gymnastics) A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
- The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
- (equestrianism) Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
- Any arched ceiling or roof.
- Any cellar or underground storeroom.
- An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
- Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
- (figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.
- (gymnastics) An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.
- (gymnastics) A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
- (computing) An encrypted digital archive.
- An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
- (often figurative) Any archive of past content.
verb
- bound vigorously
- jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
- (ambitransitive) To jump or leap over with a hand and/or foot on the item for support.
- (transitive) To store in a vault.
- (transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.
- (video games) To remove (an item, character, etc.) from a video game in an update.
noun
- An exercise whereby the person crouches on their haunches and then extends their legs and springs up, jumping vertically into the air like a rabbit hopping.
- (chiefly US, idiomatic) A dance from the big band era, a variation of the conga, in which dancers made small jumps with feet together.
- (baseball) A ground ball that hops along the field instead of rolling.
- (cycling) A jump made where both wheels leave the ground.
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noun
verb
noun
- advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors
- a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over
- (chiefly British, law, usually attributive) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
- (games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until they reach the front of the line, whereupon they also bend over. The process is then repeated.
verb
- to vault
- progress by large jumps instead of small increments
- (transitive) To overtake.
- (transitive) To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
- (intransitive) To progress.
- (transitive, military) To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.
- (transitive, chiefly British, law) To appeal or allow to be appealed (a case) directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
noun
- A person who hoots.
- (slang, especially US, usually in the plural) A woman's breast.
- (slang) A large cannabis cigarette.
- (slang) A nose, especially a large one.
- An owl.
- The horn in a motor vehicle.
- (British) A siren or steam whistle, especially one in a factory and used to indicate the beginning or the end of a working day or shift.
- (slang) A penis.
- informal terms for the nose
- nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
- a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
noun
- One who leaps.
- Synonym of jumper (“person who attempts suicide by jumping from a height”).
- (chess) A piece, like the knight, which moves a fixed distance, and ignores pieces in the way.
- A person whose birthday falls on 29 February, and thus only occurs in leap years.
- A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
- someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)
noun
- a person who jumps
- an athlete who competes at jumping
- Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.
- A person who attempts suicide by jumping from a great height.
- (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump
- a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
- a loose jacket or blouse worn by workmen
- a coverall worn by children
- a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections
- a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body
- A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection.
- (chiefly British, Australia, New Zealand) A woollen sweater or pullover.
- (Australian rules football) The shirt worn by the players; a guernsey.
- (rail transport) An electrical connection between the vehicles of a train, usually a passenger train; a jumper cable.
- (usually plural, jumpers) Rompers.
- (basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump; a jump shot.
- (US) A crude kind of sleigh, usually a simple box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills.
- Ellipsis of smokejumper.
- A loose outer jacket, especially one worn by workers and sailors.
- (video games) A platform game based around jumping.
- A nuclear power plant worker who repairs equipment in areas with extremely high levels of radiation.
- (horology) A spring to impel the starwheel, or a pawl to lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
- A long drilling tool used by masons and quarry workers, consisting of an iron bar with a chisel-edged steel tip at one or both ends, operated by striking it against the rock, turning it slightly with each blow.
- (US) A one-piece, sleeveless dress, or a skirt with straps and a complete or partial bodice, usually worn over a blouse by women and children; pinafore.
- (arachnology, informal) A jumping spider.
- The larva of the cheese fly.
- (electricity) A removable connecting pin on an electronic circuit board.
verb
noun
- A sizeable jump, great leap.
- A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
- (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
- (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
- the greatest possible degree of something
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- a line determining the limits of an area
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
adj
- Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
- (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
- Confined or restricted to a certain place.
- (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
- (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
- Unable to move in certain conditions.
- (with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to
- bound by an oath
- confined in the bowels
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’
- covered or wrapped with a bandage
- bound by contract
- (usually followed by ‘to’) governed by fate
- secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
- confined by bonds
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
verb
- (transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
- (transitive, mathematics) To be the bound of.
- simple past and past participle of bind
- (transitive) To cause to leap.
- (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
noun
- someone who hops
- (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
- terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
- a machine used for picking hops
- funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below
- A grasshopper or locust, especially:
- A bin or device that feeds material into a machine.
- One who or that which hops.
- A Sri Lankan pancake made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
- (chess) A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.
- A hopper car.
- An artificial fishing lure.
- A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- (music) An escapement lever in a piano.
- (slang) A toilet.
- A leafhopper.
- A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
- A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.
- A person or machine that picks hops.
- The immature form of a locust.
- The larva of a cheese fly.
noun
noun
- A leap or jump.
- A machine that flies.
- A risky investment or other venture.
- (music) Synonym of flying cymbal.
- (architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
- A person who travels by airplane.
- (firearms) A stray shot away from the group on a target.
- (sports) A false start
- A leaflet, often for advertising.
- That which flies, as a bird or insect.
- (informal) A fast-moving person or thing.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading, synchronized swimming) A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
- A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
- The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
- A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- someone who operates an aircraft
- someone who travels by air
adj
verb
noun
- The act of leaping or jumping.
- A small cataract over which fish attempt to jump; a salmon ladder.
- (figuratively) A significant move forward.
- A group of leopards.
- The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
- A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
- Half a bushel.
- (mining) A fault.
- Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
- (figuratively) A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
- (music) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
- the distance leaped (or to be leaped)
- an abrupt transition
- a sudden and decisive increase
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
adj
verb
noun
- A leap, jump or dance.
- (biology) The act of jumping, or hopping, using all legs simultaneously (although the contribution to motion is typically made chiefly by the hind legs).
- (geology, fluid mechanics) The transport of loose particles by a fluid (such as wind or flowing water).
- (biology) A sudden change from one generation to the next; a mutation.
- Beating or palpitation.
- Any abrupt transition.
- (genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species
- taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
- an abrupt transition
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- (geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface
noun
- A person who rushes.
- (American football) The fast defensive position whose objective is to sack the offensive team's quarterback.
- someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory
- (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball
- a person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously
noun
- A short jump.
- A jump on one leg.
- (US, slang) Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
- (sports, US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
- (informal, figurative) A brief period of development or progress.
- (networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.
- A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.
- (usually in the plural) The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer.
- A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
- (Internet) Synonym of half-op.
- The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
- the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
- twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
- an informal dance where popular music is played
verb
- jump across
- (transitive) To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
- (intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.
- (transitive) To jump onto, or over
- (transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
- (intransitive) To jump a short distance.
- (informal, intransitive) To go in a quick or sudden manner.
- (intransitive) To jump on one foot.
- (informal) To dance.
- (intransitive, usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
- (intransitive) To gather hops.
- jump lightly
- traverse as if by a short airplane trip
- make a jump forward or upward
- move quickly from one place to another
- travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.
noun
- (countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
- A grove of trees; a forest.
- (countable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
- (nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
- (figurative) A race, a lineage.
- A shoot, a young tree.
- (figurative) A youth.
- Elastic energy, power, or force.
- (countable, fashion) Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- (meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
- (countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
- (astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
- Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
- An elastic mechanical part or device in any shape (e.g., flat, curved, coiled), made of flexible material (usually spring steel) that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
- (uncountable, figurative) The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
- (figurative, politics) a period of political liberalization and democratization
- (oceanography) Ellipsis of spring tide, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
- A cause, a motive, etc.
- (nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
- (geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
- a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
- a point at which water issues forth
- a natural flow of ground water
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring
verb
- To come upon and flush out.
- (figurative) To arise, to come into existence.
- (ambitransitive, nautical, usually perfective) To crack.
- (transitive) To cause to spring (all senses).
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of strain.
- (sometimes figurative) To enliven.
- (transitive, slang, US) To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
- (intransitive) To move or burst forth.
- (intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere.
- (UK dialectal) To mature.
- To grow, to sprout.
- (transitive) To leap over.
- (of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
- (of animals) To find or get enough food during springtime.
- (transitive, nautical) To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
- (intransitive, slang, rare) To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
- (transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to yield.
- (ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
- (Australia, slang) To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
- To appear.
- (intransitive, UK, dialectal, chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
- (intransitive, now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
- (transitive, US, dialectal) Alternative form of sprain.
- To tell, to share.
- (transitive, rare) To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
- (transitive, architecture, of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
- (figurative, usually with cardinal adverbs) To move with great speed and energy.
- (intransitive, architecture, of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
- (usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from
- develop into a distinctive entity
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- develop suddenly
- produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
- spring back; spring away from an impact
noun
- a playful leap or hop
- A playful leap or jump.
- any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- a crime (especially a robbery)
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces
- (figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
- A prank or practical joke.
- A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
- (Scotland) The capercaillie.
- (usually in the plural) Playful behaviour.
- A plant of the genus Capparis.
- The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
- A jump while dancing.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.
- (printing, UK, historical) The removal of sheets from the press.
- (surfing) The initial movement a surfer makes to start riding a wave.
- A quantification, especially of building materials.
- A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
- A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
- a departure; especially of airplanes
- humorous or satirical mimicry
noun
- In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
- A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
- A protuberance on a level surface.
- A light blow or jolting collision.
- (US, broadcasting) A short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.
- The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
- (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
- The sound of such a collision.
- (preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump their hips together.
- (uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.
- (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
- The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
- (mining) A sudden movement of underground strata, preceded by a characteristic sound.
- (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
- (colloquial) A minor problem or difficulty.
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, the act of claiming a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (industrial relations) A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.
- an impact (as from a collision)
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- a lump on the body caused by a blow
intj
verb
- (criminal slang and US military slang, circa 1920–1950) To encounter and stop, to catch.
- (slang, transitive) To assassinate; to bump off.
- To move up or down by a step; displace.
- (physical chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
- (transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).
- (transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
- (industrial relations, transitive) To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
- (Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, to claim a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (slang) To play music through a speaker, often loudly and in public.
- Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
- To knock against or run into with a jolt.
- (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
- (intransitive) To move while bumping up and down, as a cart or car does on rough ground.
- to play music at loud volume
- remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
- knock against with force or violence
- dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
- to enjoy some music greatly
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
noun
- A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.
- (sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.
- (informal) A song, typically one on an album, that is not worth listening to.
- A wheeled basket chiefly used in textile factories.
- A skipper; the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
- (radio) skywave propagation
- (video games) A trick allowing the player to proceed to a later section of the game without playing through a section that was intended to be mandatory.
- (Trinity College, Dublin, historical) A college servant.
- (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) A large container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents, or to be picked up by hydraulic arms so that its contents can be dumped into the truck.
- (scouting, informal) The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization).
- The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
- (Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
- A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket.
- (curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
- The captain of a sports team.
- (bowls) The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.
- (steelmaking) A skip car.
- (mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
- A beehive made of woven straw, wicker, etc.
- (slang) A skip-level manager; the boss of one's boss.
- (music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
- a mistake resulting from neglect
- a gait in which steps and hops alternate
verb
- (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
- (knitting, crochet) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
- (printing) To have insufficient ink transfer.
- To jump rope.
- To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continuously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. (of a phonograph record)
- To leap lightly over.
- (transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
- (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- (intransitive) To leap about lightly.
- (transitive, informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
- (transitive, informal) To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
- (transitive) To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1).
- (transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
- intentionally fail to attend
- jump lightly
- leave suddenly
- bound off one point after another
- cause to skip over a surface
- bypass
noun
- a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole
- (athletics) a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a matted pit
noun
verb
- jump a hurdle
- To jump over something while running.
- (T-flapping) Misspelling of hurtle.
- To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
- To overcome an obstacle.
- (chess, of a hopper piece) To jump over another piece without capturing it.
- To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
noun
- the act of jumping over an obstacle
- a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
- an obstacle that you are expected to overcome
- (T-flapping) Misspelling of hurtle.
- (figuratively) An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.
- (UK, historical) A sled or crate on which criminals were drawn to the place of execution.
- (athletics, equestrianism) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
- (chess) A piece that is jumped over by a hopper piece.
- A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
noun
- the act of jumping over an obstacle
- an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof
- a burial chamber (usually underground)
- a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables
- The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
- (gymnastics) A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
- The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
- (equestrianism) Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
- Any arched ceiling or roof.
- Any cellar or underground storeroom.
- An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
- Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
- (figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.
- (gymnastics) An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.
- (gymnastics) A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
- (computing) An encrypted digital archive.
- An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
- (often figurative) Any archive of past content.
verb
- bound vigorously
- jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
- (ambitransitive) To jump or leap over with a hand and/or foot on the item for support.
- (transitive) To store in a vault.
- (transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.
- (video games) To remove (an item, character, etc.) from a video game in an update.
verb
noun
noun
- An exercise whereby the person crouches on their haunches and then extends their legs and springs up, jumping vertically into the air like a rabbit hopping.
- (chiefly US, idiomatic) A dance from the big band era, a variation of the conga, in which dancers made small jumps with feet together.
- (baseball) A ground ball that hops along the field instead of rolling.
- (cycling) A jump made where both wheels leave the ground.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors
- a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over
- (chiefly British, law, usually attributive) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
- (games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until they reach the front of the line, whereupon they also bend over. The process is then repeated.
verb
- to vault
- progress by large jumps instead of small increments
- (transitive) To overtake.
- (transitive) To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
- (intransitive) To progress.
- (transitive, military) To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.
- (transitive, chiefly British, law) To appeal or allow to be appealed (a case) directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
noun
- A person who hoots.
- (slang, especially US, usually in the plural) A woman's breast.
- (slang) A large cannabis cigarette.
- (slang) A nose, especially a large one.
- An owl.
- The horn in a motor vehicle.
- (British) A siren or steam whistle, especially one in a factory and used to indicate the beginning or the end of a working day or shift.
- (slang) A penis.
- informal terms for the nose
- nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
- a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
verb
- jump a hurdle
- To jump over something while running.
- (T-flapping) Misspelling of hurtle.
- To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
- To overcome an obstacle.
- (chess, of a hopper piece) To jump over another piece without capturing it.
- To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
noun
- the act of jumping over an obstacle
- a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
- an obstacle that you are expected to overcome
- (T-flapping) Misspelling of hurtle.
- (figuratively) An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.
- (UK, historical) A sled or crate on which criminals were drawn to the place of execution.
- (athletics, equestrianism) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
- (chess) A piece that is jumped over by a hopper piece.
- A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
verb
- leap suddenly
- hit something so that it bounces
- eject from the premises
- come back after being refused
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- move up and down repeatedly
- refuse to accept and send back
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, sometimes followed by with) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, air combat) To attack unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To move quickly up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- (transitive, electronics, computing) To turn power to (a device) off and back on; to reset; to reboot.
- (intransitive) To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
- (transitive, music, sound recording) To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
- (music, technology) To render two or more tracks to computer storage so that they can be played back and re-recorded with further material added.
- (ergative, Internet, of an e-mail message) To return undelivered.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave.
- (intransitive, aviation) To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
- (horse racing, slang) To race poorly after a successful race.
- (intransitive) To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
- (transitive, colloquial) To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) someone, in order to gain feedback.
- (intransitive, informal, of a cheque/check) To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
- (transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
- (intransitive, skydiving) To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
- To move rapidly (between).
- (transitive, informal) To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a cheque/check drawn on one's account).
noun
- rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- the quality of a substance that is able to rebound
- (Internet) An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
- An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of two fences close together so that the horse cannot take a full stride between them, nor jump both at once.
- (politics, informal) An increase in popularity.
- A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A good beat in music.
- A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Drugs.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) A talent for leaping.
- (slang) The sack, dismissal.
- (quantum mechanics) A hypothetical event where a collapsing system, such as a universe in the Big Bounce theory, reaches a point of extreme density and then rebounds back into an expanding phase, essentially reversing the contraction due to quantum mechanical effects.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, uncountable) Swagger.
- (uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
- Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
- (horse racing, slang) The situation where a horse races poorly after a successful race.
verb
verb
noun
noun
- A short jump.
- A jump on one leg.
- (US, slang) Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
- (sports, US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
- (informal, figurative) A brief period of development or progress.
- (networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.
- A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.
- (usually in the plural) The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer.
- A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
- (Internet) Synonym of half-op.
- The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
- the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
- twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
- an informal dance where popular music is played
verb
- jump across
- (transitive) To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
- (intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.
- (transitive) To jump onto, or over
- (transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
- (intransitive) To jump a short distance.
- (informal, intransitive) To go in a quick or sudden manner.
- (intransitive) To jump on one foot.
- (informal) To dance.
- (intransitive, usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
- (intransitive) To gather hops.
- jump lightly
- traverse as if by a short airplane trip
- make a jump forward or upward
- move quickly from one place to another
- travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.
noun
- a playful leap or hop
- A playful leap or jump.
- any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis
- a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- a crime (especially a robbery)
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces
- (figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
- A prank or practical joke.
- A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
- (Scotland) The capercaillie.
- (usually in the plural) Playful behaviour.
- A plant of the genus Capparis.
- The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
- A jump while dancing.