jumping

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jumping

  • /ˈd͡ʒʌm.pɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ʌmpɪŋ

adjective more jumping · most jumping

  1. colloquial Exuberantly active; in full swing. When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo) And everybody havin' a ball (Hah, ho, Yippie Yi Yo)

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of jump

noun jumpings

  1. The act of performing a jump. When the tuning-fork is brought over a resonant jar or bottle, the beats may be heard and the jumpings seen by a thousand people at once.

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Closest in meaning: moving, bouncing, kicking, startling, soft, gentle, bounty, mild, flipping, rushing, bang, banging, bounce, blow, blowing, humping

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@misc{jumping_2026,
  title = {jumping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jumping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}