1. [n]  the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected"
2. [n]  descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
3. [n]  a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
4. [n]  (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
5. [n]  an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
6. [n]  a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"
7. [v]  go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
8. [v]  pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"
9. [v]  rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
10. [v]  increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"
11. [v]  bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
12. [v]  enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"
13. [v]  make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"
14. [v]  start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car's battery
15. [v]  move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"
16. [v]  move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
17. [v]  cause to jump or leap, as of a trained animal
18. [v]  run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
19. [v]  be highly noticeable

1. \Jump\, n. [Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf.
   {Juppon}.]
   (a) A kind of loose jacket for men.
   (b) pl. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th
       century.
   
   

2. \Jump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Jumping}.] [Akin to OD. gumpen, dial. G. gumpen, jumpen.]
   1. To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of
      the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air;
      to spring; to bound; to leap.
   
            Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and
            a half by the square.                 -- Shak.
   
   2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. ``The
      jumping chariots.'' --Nahum iii. 2.
   
            A flock of geese jump down together.  -- Dryden.
   
   3. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by
      with. ``It jumps with my humor.'' --Shak.
   
   {To jump at}, to spring to; hence, fig., to accept suddenly
      or eagerly; as, a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at a
      chance.
   
   

3. \Jump\, v. t.
   1. To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a
      stream.
   
   2. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the
      ditch.
   
   3. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. [Obs.]
   
            To jump a body with a dangerous physic. -- Shak.
   
   4. (Smithwork)
      (a) To join by a butt weld.
      (b) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
   
   5. (Quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
   
   {To jump a claim}, to enter upon and take possession of land
      to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and
      occupation. [Western U. S. & Australia] See {Claim}, n.,
      3.
   
   {To jump one's bail}, to abscond while at liberty under bail
      bonds. [Slang, U. S.]
   
   

4. \Jump\, n.
   1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. ``To
      advance by jumps.'' --Locke.
   
   2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.]
   
            Our fortune lies Upon thisjump.       -- Shak.
   
   3. The space traversed by a leap.
   
   4. (Mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
   
   5. (Arch.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of
      brickwork or masonry.
   
   {From the jump}, from the start or beginning. [Colloq.]
   
   {Jump joint}.
      (a) A butt joint.
      (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels.
   
   {Jump seat}.
      (a) A movable carriage seat.
      (b) A carriage constructed with a seat which may be
          shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat.
          Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat wagon.
   
   

5. \Jump\, a.
   Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. [Obs.] ``Jump
   names.'' --B. Jonson.
   
   

6. \Jump\, adv.
   Exactly; pat.[Obs.] --Shak.
   
   

(Or "branch") The term for a goto instruction, usually in a context of machine languages. "Branch" may be synonymous with "jump", or may refer to jumps that depend on a condition.