the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
<noun.act>

jump

jumping

sample sentences

"he advanced in a series of jumps"
"the jumping was unexpected"

the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
<noun.act>

jumping

seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
<noun.plant>

Mexican jumping bean

jumping bean

jumping seed

wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed
<noun.animal>

jumping bristletail

machilid

a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole)
<noun.substance>

jumping gene

transposon

plaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling strings
<noun.artifact>

jumping jack

any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America
<noun.animal>

jumping mouse

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
<noun.plant>

Catasetum macrocarpum

jumping orchid

small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
<noun.animal>

jumping plant louse

psylla

psyllid

seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble
<noun.plant>

Mexican jumping bean

jumping bean

jumping seed

jumping in one spot (as in excitement)
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

jumping up and down

sample sentences

"the wailing and jumping up and down exhausted him"

a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched
<noun.location>

jumping-off place

point of departure

sample sentences

"one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him"
"my point of departure was San Francisco"

a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
<noun.act>

jumping-off point

point of departure

springboard

sample sentences

"he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"
"reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"
"the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out"

starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car
<noun.act>

jump-start

jumpstart

sample sentences

"my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor"

start or re-start vigorously
<verb.change>

jump-start

jumpstart

sample sentences

"The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process"

start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
<verb.motion>

jump

jump-start

jumpstart

one-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist's uniform
<noun.artifact>

jump suit

jumpsuit

being in a tense state
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

edgy

high-strung

highly strung

jittery

jumpy

nervy

overstrung

restive

uptight

causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
<adj.all>

bumpy

jolting

jolty

jumpy

rocky

rough

sample sentences

"a rough ride"

small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
<noun.animal>

junco

snowbird

the place where two or more things come together
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

junction

an act of joining or adjoining things
<noun.act>

adjunction

junction

something that joins or connects
<noun.artifact>

conjunction

junction

the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
<noun.shape>

articulation

join

joint

junction

juncture

the state of being joined together
<noun.state>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

colligation

conjugation

conjunction

junction

a junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs
<noun.artifact>

barrier strip

junction barrier

a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction
<noun.artifact>

crystal rectifier

diode

junction rectifier

semiconductor diode

a semiconductor device capable of amplification
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

electronic transistor

junction transistor

transistor

an event that occurs at a critical time
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 1

juncture

occasion

sample sentences

"at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"
"it was needed only on special occasions"

the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
<noun.shape>

articulation

join

joint

junction

juncture

a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
<noun.state>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

critical point

crossroads

juncture

sample sentences

"at that juncture he had no idea what to do"
"he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point"

edible purple or red berries
<noun.food>

juneberry

saskatoon

serviceberry

shadberry

a holly shrub
<noun.plant>

juneberry holly

an impenetrable equatorial forest
<noun.group>

jungle

a place where hoboes camp
<noun.group>

hobo camp

jungle

a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
<noun.location>

jungle

small Asiatic wildcat
<noun.animal>

Felis chaus

jungle cat

male jungle fowl
<noun.animal>

jungle cock

severe form of malaria occurring in tropical regions
<noun.state>

jungle fever

small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl
<noun.animal>

gallina

jungle fowl

a structure of vertical and horizontal rods where children can climb and play
<noun.artifact>

jungle gym