jump(4) (iou) and acquiescent (oh)

jump(4) (iou)

jump verb. E16.
[Prob. imit. of the sound of feet coming to the ground: cf. BUMP verb1, THUMP verb.]
verb intrans. Of an inanimate object: be moved or thrown up with a sudden jerk. E16.
H. Caine The sea was beginning to jump. C. Phillips The car jumped forward, the man obviously having some trouble with the clutch.
verb intrans.
a. Spring from the ground or another base by flexion and sudden muscular extension of the legs or (in some animals) some Other part of the body; throw oneself upward, forward, backward, or downward, from a base; leap, bound; spec. leap with both feet, as opp. to hopping. M16.
R. K. Narayan Perhaps I can jump into the sea. Sloan Wilson They had jumped from the planes..at nightfall..dropped behind the German lines. W. Wharton I jump up and down, keep the heart muscles pumping. Merle Collins She jumped across the drain.
b. Move suddenly and quickly, as with a leap, bound, spring, etc. E18.
E. Welty He jumped nimbly to his feet and ran out of the Garden. Jan Morris Hastily Yasar..jumped out of the car to open the back door. R. Ingalls Joe jumped up from his seat.
c. Move with an involuntary jerk as the result of excitement, shock, etc.; start. E18.
J. McDougall He often jumped with fright when his wife came up behind him.
d. (Of jazz or similar Music) have a strong or exciting rhythm; (of a place, esp. a place of Entertainment) be full of activity, excitement, or enjoyment. colloq. (orig. US). M20.
verb intrans. Agree completely, coincide, tally. (Foll. by together, with.) M16.
Guardian One passage in Mr. Morley's speech jumps with a letter we print today.
verb intrans.
a. Pass abruptly from one thing, idea, state, etc., to another, omitting intermediate stages; rise suddenly in position, amount, price, value, etc. L16.
Tolkien Treebeard often went back to some earlier point, or jumped forward asking questions about later events. London Daily News Profits jumped from 737,000 to 1 million in 1986. Medway Extra The waiting list..has jumped..from 2,187 to 3,202.
b. Come to or arrive at (a conclusion etc.) precipitately, without examining the premisses. E18.
P. Kavanagh He was inclined to jump to conclusions sometimes, to act on impulse.
a. verb trans. Leap or spring over or across (an obstacle etc.). L16.
J. Dickey Lewis went forward from me and jumped the gully. M. Chabon An enormous BMW Motorcycle..jumped the curb.
b. Get on (a ship, a train, etc.), esp. dangerously or illegally by jumping (US). Also, leave (a place or thing) suddenly. L19.
Video for You Desperate escaped prisoners jump passing train. M. Moorcock Patsy jumped the first bus he saw going East. City Limits Sylvan planned to jump camp and slope off into New York.
c. Of a thing: spring off, leave (the course, track, rail, etc.). L19.
d. verb intrans. & trans. Contract Bridge. Raise (a bid) higher than necessary in the suit concerned. E20.
verb trans. Hastily agree upon or effect (a Marriage). L16-E17.
verb trans. Effect or do as with a jump. Now rare. E17.
verb trans. Hazard, risk. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
verb trans. Skip over, ignore, pass by, evade. M18.
G. Bordman Sam and Steve jump their..bill.
b. Fail to stop at (a red traffic light); gen. anticipate permission or a signal to act. M20.
J. Porter She jumped a red light..it was a damned silly place to have traffic lights. Motor Cycle News I was left at the beginning because they jumped the start but I went well.
verb trans.
a. Pounce on or attack (a person) unexpectedly; rob, cheat. L18.
J. W. Schultz I was always expecting the war party to jump us. M. Piercy 'Whose dog was it?' 'I was just minding my own business and the damn thing jumped me.'
b. Take summary possession of (a piece of land) after alleged abandonment or forfeiture by the former occupant. Chiefly N. Amer. M19.
verb trans.
a. Cause to jump; drive suddenly forward; startle. E19.
J. Kelman He messed a shot badly..actually jumped the cueball off the table.
b. Cause (game) to start from cover; spring. M19.
c. Saute. Chiefly as jumped ppl adjective. L19.
verb trans. Flatten, or shorten and thicken the end of (an iron rail or bar) by endwise blows. M19.
b. Join (rails etc.) end on end, spec. by welding the flattened ends together. M19.
verb trans. Quarrying. Drill by means of a jumper. M19.
Phrases, & with adverbs & prepositions in specialized senses: go and jump in the lake, go jump in the lake colloq. = jump in the lake below. jump at colloq. spring as a predator; fig. eagerly accept or take advantage of. jump bail: see BAIL noun1. jump down a person's throat colloq. berate, reprimand, or contradict a person fiercely. jump for joy fig. be joyfully excited. jump in the lake colloq. (usu. in imper.) go away and stop being a nuisance. jump Jim Crow: see JIM CROW noun 1a. jump on colloq. attack or criticize severely and without warning. jump on the bandwagon: see bandwagon s.v. BAND noun3. jump out of one's skin be extremely startled. jump rope N. Amer. skip with a skipping-rope. jump salty: see SALTY adjective1 5. jump ship (of a seaman) leave his ship before the expiry of his contract; gen. desert. jump the gun: see GUN noun. jump the queue move ahead of one's place in a queue of people; fig. take unfair precedence over others. jump through the hoops: see HOOP noun1. jump to colloq. accept or obey readily. jump to it take prompt and energetic action. jump to the eyes be noticed or noticeable. jump up (a) rise quickly to a standing position; (b) Dance the jump-up.
Comb.: jump-about = Jack-jump-about s.v. JACK noun1; jump ball Basketball a ball thrown vertically between two opposing players by the referee; jump-cut Cinematography & Television (a) the excision of part of a shot in order to break its continuity of action and time; (b) the abrupt transition from one scene to another which is discontinuous in time; jumped-up adjective (colloq.) newly or suddenly risen in status or importance, upstart; conceited, presumptuously arrogant; jump-jet a jet aircraft which can take off and land vertically; jump jockey a jockey who rides in steeplechases; jump-lead either of a pair of leads for conveying electric charge from one car battery to another during a jump-start; jump-off (a) US colloq. a place from which a person must jump; (b) US slang the start of a military operation; (c) Showjumping an additional round to resolve a tie; jump ring a wire ring made by bringing the two ends together without soldering or welding; jump-rock any of several freshwater sucker fishes of the genus Moxostoma, of the southern US; jump-rope (chiefly N. Amer.) a skipping-rope; jump-seat (a) (a carriage equipped with) a movable carriage-seat; (b) a folding seat in a motor car; jump shot (a) (Billiards & Snooker etc.) a shot which causes the cue-ball to jump over another ball; (b) Basketball a throw at the net taken with both feet off the ground; jump spark a spark produced by a potential difference applied to two electrical conductors separated by a narrow gap; usu. attrib., designating devices or methods employing this; jump-start verb & noun (a) verb trans. start (a vehicle) using the charge from another vehicle's battery by means of jump-leads; (b) noun an act of jump-starting a vehicle; jump take-off Aeronautics a vertical take-off; jump turn Skiing a turn made while jumping; jump-up (a) a jump in an upward direction; (b) Austral. an escarpment; (c) an informal West Indian Dance; jump-weld a weld effected by hammering together the heated ends of two pieces of metal.
jumpable adjective E19.

acquiescent (oh)

too ready to agree with someone or do what they want, without complaining or saying what you want to do
-- acquiescence n [U]

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