jumps

/dʒʌmps/ · noun

Meaning

The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
An effort; an attempt; a venture.
A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
An object which causes one to jump, a ramp.
To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.
To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
A kind of loose jacket for men.
A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening.
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.
Either of the two partners involved in such a single sexual encounter.

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