1
as in leapt
to propel oneself upward or forward into the air
jumped across the ditch
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2
as in leaped
to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)
the sudden appearance of a mouse scurrying across the floor made me jump
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3
as in sped
to proceed or move quickly
when I tell you to do something, I expect you to jump
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Recent Examples of jumped
However those who saw rates remaining the same jumped to 7 members, indicating a more hawkish position for the Fed and raising the ire of the current administration.
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Paul Weinstein Jr, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Intel shares jumped 33% to around $33 a share in premarket trading following news of the deal.
—John Melloy, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Paired with warm wood accents like herringbone floors and plenty of windows to allow for as much light as England’s sun ever emits, the overall impression is that California has jumped the pond.
—Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 17 Sep. 2025
Gold prices jumped to $3,704 an ounce before sinking back to $3,665.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
Jungwirth pulled out a gun, jumped over the counter and pointed the gun at the 38-year-old clerk.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
Oracle on Wednesday jumped from being the 13th-most valuable company in the S&P 500 to the 10th most-valuable, surpassing the market value of Eli Lilly (LLY), Walmart (WMT) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM).
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
The Boston bats jumped out to an immediate 5-0 lead against ex-Red Sox lefty Jeffrey Springs in the first two innings.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Boise State came out of halftime down 32-22 and jumped into a quick 5-0 run.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 16 Mar. 2025
Paul Weinstein Jr, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Intel shares jumped 33% to around $33 a share in premarket trading following news of the deal.
—John Melloy, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Paired with warm wood accents like herringbone floors and plenty of windows to allow for as much light as England’s sun ever emits, the overall impression is that California has jumped the pond.
—Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 17 Sep. 2025
Gold prices jumped to $3,704 an ounce before sinking back to $3,665.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
Jungwirth pulled out a gun, jumped over the counter and pointed the gun at the 38-year-old clerk.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
Oracle on Wednesday jumped from being the 13th-most valuable company in the S&P 500 to the 10th most-valuable, surpassing the market value of Eli Lilly (LLY), Walmart (WMT) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM).
—Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
The Boston bats jumped out to an immediate 5-0 lead against ex-Red Sox lefty Jeffrey Springs in the first two innings.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Boise State came out of halftime down 32-22 and jumped into a quick 5-0 run.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 16 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jumped
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Prosecutors sped through four additional witnesses this afternoon.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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From stopwatches to wearables, tech has elevated individuals' experiences through a plethora of on-demand metrics that provide a more holistic view of progress, and the Covid-19 pandemic sped this growth considerably.—
Hamid Farooqui,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Will Ferrell, who in 2003 successfully leaped from SNL to the big screen with the Todd Phillips hit Old School, was a catalyst for the golden decade of big comedies that followed.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Mohamed Salah leapt for joy in front of the elated away supporters before being mobbed by his team-mates.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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During a hospital stay, Roy’s enfeebled mother fixates on the caste and religious affiliations of the doctors treating her—the sort of thing that will be familiar to anyone who has cringed at a diminished elder’s unfiltered prejudices.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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Bradley McCroskey caught a miraculous 26-yard touchdown pass on the final play of regulation, then Temi Ericson raced nearly untouched for a 25-yard TD in overtime to give the Indians a 34-28 victory.—
Jordan Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Bruins never looked back, despite Sweetwyne settling into the game and engineering four scoring drives to keep the Falcons from getting boat-raced.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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McKean, whose many other roles include Charles McGill on Better Call Saul and a recent Broadway stint in a Glengarry Glen Ross revival, recently hopped on a Zoom to talk four decades of Spinal Tap.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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So Banfield hopped out of the cab and started running, making calls on a Motorola flip phone that kept losing signal.—
Rachel Burchfield,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Aaron Lague ran for 106 yards and three touchdowns, while Luke Cathcart rushed for a score and caught a touchdown pass to amass 126 total yards in Fairhaven’s 42-29 South Coast Conference win over Somerset Berkley.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Canyon’s Alexander Lundsberg passed for 461 yards and three TDs, and also rushed for 53 yards.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Many car parts are glued together rather than riveted, screwed, or bolted, and the robots and spray guns that apply those bonding agents need to be cleaned.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
16 Sep. 2025
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Foster’s hurried firing on Sunday morning comes after his hurried hiring in February 2024, his placement a band-aid one week after Chip Kelly bolted to be offensive coordinator at Ohio State.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
15 Sep. 2025
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In the tall-grass prairies that once spread out across pre-settlement Indiana, tiny ground squirrels scurried through the wildflowers, grasses and shrubs.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
21 Aug. 2025
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Brett Ryan, aided by Robbie Carter’s young daughter, scurried to place markers at the sites of the longest throws, before chucking the corpses back to the starting line.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Jumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jumped. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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