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king-sized, Colloq US humongous: Grandad brought us a jumbo box
of chocolates.
jump v. 1 leap, bound, spring, pounce, hurdle, vault, hop, skip;
caper, cavort, gambol: Jack, jump over the candlestick! Lambs
were jumping about in the meadow. 2 start, jerk, wince, flinch,
recoil: The sudden noise made me jump. 3 Sometimes, jump over.
skip (over), omit, pass over or by, bypass, avoid, leave out,
ignore, disregard, overlook, gloss over: Jump the boring parts
and read me the sexy bits. 4 pass, move, leap, skip: She
jumped from one subject to another so quickly that I couldn't
keep track. 5 advance, increase, rise, gain, surge, escalate:
The cost of living jumped again this month, causing fear of
inflation. 6 jump at. accept, grab, snatch, swoop up, leap at,
pounce on: Most people would jump at the chance to better
themselves. 7 jump on. attack, swoop down on or upon;
reprimand, rebuke: She jumps on anyone who suggests that she
used influence to get her job.
--n. 8 leap, bound, spring, pounce, hurdle, vault, hop, skip:
With one jump the cheetah was upon the gazelle. 9 rise,
increase, boost, hike, advance, gain, surge, escalation,
upsurge, increment, elevation: A jump in the Retail Price Index
drove share prices lower again yesterday. 10 barricade,
obstacle, hurdle, fence, rail, obstruction: My horse cleared
the first jump easily. 11 start, jerk, spasm, twitch, recoil,
lurch, jolt: When they called his name, he gave a little jump.
12 break, gap, hiatus, lacuna, space, hole, breach, rift,
interruption: There's a jump in continuity at the end of the
fourth chapter.
jumpy adj. nervous, agitated, anxious, jittery, fidgety, restless,
edgy, on edge, tense, shaky, skittish, fretful, uneasy, queasy,
restive, panicky: Do you think he was jumpy because we were
approaching Count Dracula's castle?
junction n. juncture, union, combination, joining, conjunction, meeting,
linking, connection, conjoining, intersection, confluence;
crossroads, interchange: The train robbery took place at the
junction of the two railways.
juncture n. 1 See junction. 2 point, time, moment, stage, period: At
this juncture, suggesting a merger seems premature.