jumpiness
jumpiness

jumping


Definition: Meaning of, jumping in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈʤʌmpɪŋ /

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  1. the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
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  2. the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
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    jump
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jumping used in phrases

  • BASE jumping (noun)
    1. Building, Antenna, Span, Earth a sport in which people jump off tall objects such as buildings, bridges, or cliffs, using a PARACHUTE
  • Mexican jumping bean (noun)
    1. seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
  • bungee jumping (noun)
    1. a sport in which you jump off something very high with a long length of special rope that stretches tied to your legs, so that you go up again without touching the ground
  • cross-country jumping (noun)
    1. riding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanship
  • jumping bean (noun)
    1. seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
  • jumping bristletail (noun)
    1. wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed
  • jumping gene (noun)
    1. especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome
  • jumping jack (noun)
    1. a jump that is done from a standing position with your arms and legs pointing out to the side
  • jumping mouse (noun)
    1. any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
  • jumping orchid (noun)
    1. orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected
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