1. to push yourself up and away from the ground using your legs
2. to move quickly over or across something by jumping
3. to move suddenly because of surprise or fear

1. an act of jumping
2. a sudden increase

Examples

• The cat can jump very high.
• She jumped over the fence easily.
• The loud noise made me jump.
• Prices jumped 20% last month.
• He made a long jump across the stream.
• There was a big jump in sales this quarter.
• The children love to jump on the trampoline.
• Don’t jump to conclusions without all the facts.