Unscramble JUMPS - 15 Words Found

Complete Definitions of Jumps /dʒʌmps/

Noun

1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
2. An effort; an attempt; a venture.
3. A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
4. An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
5. An instance of propelling oneself upwards. — “The boy took a skip and a jump down the lane.”

Synonyms: leap, flinch, jerk, twitch

Verb

1. To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. — “Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high.”
2. To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward. — “She is going to jump from the diving board.”
3. To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap. — “to jump a stream”
4. To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
5. To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently. — “The sudden sharp sound made me jump.”

Synonyms: ambush, assail, jump down, jump off, skydive, hump, jump someone's bones, beat it

Noun

1. A kind of loose jacket for men.

Noun

1. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

Noun

1. An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening.
2. A single sexual encounter between two individuals, where at least one of the partners has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship. As the phrase implies, the relationship lasts for only one night.
3. Either of the two partners involved in such a single sexual encounter.

Synonyms: pump and dump, wham, bam, thank you ma'am