jump: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 15 letter points · starts with J · ends with P
Meaning of jump
verb
- intransitive
To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
Example: The boy jumped over a fence.
- intransitive
To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
Example: She is going to jump from the diving board.
- transitive
To pass by means of a spring or leap; to overleap.
Example: to jump a stream
- intransitive
To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
Listed forms: jumps, jumping, jumped, glossary, jumpest.
Source: Wiktionary — jump.
noun
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.
Listed forms: jumps.
Source: Wiktionary — jump.
adv
- not-comparable, obsolete
Exactly; precisely
Source: Wiktionary — jump.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for jump.
noun
a sudden and decisive increase
noun
an abrupt transition
noun
a sudden involuntary movement
noun
descent with a parachute
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is jump in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of jump
J(8) + U(1) + M(3) + P(3) = 15 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of jump
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from jump
4 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in jump. Showing up to 24, longest first.