Definition of "jump" []

• To spring off the ground or other base by a muscular effort of the legs and feet. (verb-intransitive)
• To move suddenly and in one motion: jumped out of bed. (verb-intransitive)
• To move involuntarily, as in surprise: jumped when the phone rang. (verb-intransitive)
• To parachute from an aircraft. (verb-intransitive)
• Informal To move quickly; hustle: Jump when I give you an order. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "*Lines up between Sidney and Ethel* *Jump jump jump*"
• "After the jump is my attempt, which is likely to remain interesting for an hour or two, until events upend everything again."
• "After the jump is a quick sketch I wrote of him for a magazine to be named later."