The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - jumpv.

1) leap, bound, spring, pounce, hurdle, vault, hop, skip; caper, cavort, gambol: Jack, jump over the candlestick! Lambs were jumping about in the meadow. 2) start, jerk, wince, flinch, recoil: The sudden noise made me jump. 3) Sometimes, jump over. skip (over) , omit, pass over or by, bypass, avoid, leave out, ignore, disregard, overlook, gloss over: Jump the boring parts and read me the sexy bits. 4) pass, move, leap, skip: She jumped from one subject to another so quickly that I couldn't keep track. 5) advance, increase, rise, gain, surge, escalate: The cost of living jumped again this month, causing fear of inflation. 6) jump at. accept, grab, snatch, swoop up, leap at, pounce on: Most people would jump at the chance to better themselves. 7) jump on. attack, swoop down on or upon; reprimand, rebuke: She jumps on anyone who suggests that she used influence to get her job. --n. 8) leap, bound, spring, pounce, hurdle, vault, hop, skip: With one jump the cheetah was upon the gazelle. 9) rise, increase, boost, hike, advance, gain, surge, escalation, upsurge, increment, elevation: A jump in the Retail Price Index drove share prices lower again yesterday. 10) barricade, obstacle, hurdle, fence, rail, obstruction: My horse cleared the first jump easily. 1) 1 start, jerk, spasm, twitch, recoil, lurch, jolt: When they called his name, he gave a little jump. 1) 2 break, gap, hiatus, lacuna, space, hole, breach, rift, interruption: There's a jump in continuity at the end of the fourth chapter.