jump

verb [I/T] (RAISE UP SUDDENLY)

/dʒʌmp/

Definition

› to push yourself off the ground and into the air using your legs and feet: [I] The kids were jumping up and down with excitement. [I] The cats jumped up onto the table. › To jump sometimes means to lift yourself off the ground in order to go over something: [T] Can you jump this fence?

(Definition of jump verb (RAISE UP SUDDENLY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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