Jasp vs Jamp - What's the difference?
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As a noun jasp is . As a verb jamp is (scotland) ( jump).
jasp English
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jamp English
Verb
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(Scotland) (jump)
jump English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , from (etyl) {{m, ine-pro, *g??emb-, ,
to spring, hop, jump}}. Cognate with (etyl) . Related to (l).
Verb
( en verb)
To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- The boy jumped over a fence.
- Kangaroos are known for their ability to jump high.
* Shakespeare
- Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square.
To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- She is going to jump from the diving board.
To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.
- to jump a stream
To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- The sudden sharp sound made me jump .
To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
- The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.
To move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward.
- I hate it when people jump the queue.
To attack suddenly and violently.
- The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.
To engage in sexual intercourse.
- The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.
To cause to jump.
- The rider jumped the horse over the fence.
To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
(cycling) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
(obsolete) To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
* Shakespeare
- to jump a body with a dangerous physic
(smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
(quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
(obsolete) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with .
* Shakespeare
- It jumps with my humour.
Synonyms
* (propel oneself upwards) leap, spring
* (cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall) jump down, jump off
* (employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location) skydive
* (react to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body violently) flinch, jerk, jump out of one's skin, leap out of one's skin, twitch
* (To engage in sexual intercourse) hump, jump someone's bones
Related terms
Derived terms
* jumped-up
* jumper
* jumpily
* jumpy
* jump about
* jump around
* jump at
* jump down
* jump down someone's throat
* jump for joy
* jump in
* jump in one's skin
* jump leads
* jump off
* jump on
* jump out
* jump out at
* jump up
* jump out of one's skin
* jump rope
* jump seat
* jump ship
* jump shot
* jump-start
* jump suit
* jump the gun
* jump the shark
See also'' jumped''', '''jumper''' ''and'' ' jumping
Noun
( en noun)
The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
* John Locke
- To advance by jumps .
An effort; an attempt; a venture.
* Shakespeare
- Our fortune lies / Upon this jump .
(mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
(architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
- The boy took a skip and a jump down the lane.
An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- There were a couple of jumps from the bridge.
An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- She was terrified before the jump , but was thrilled to be skydiving.
An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
A jumping move in a board game.
- the knight's jump in chess
A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
- Press jump to start.
(sports, horses) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
- Heartless managed the scale the first jump but fell over the second.
An early start or an advantage.
- He got a jump on the day because he had laid out everything the night before.
- Their research department gave them the jump on the competition.
(mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
(science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
Synonyms
* (instance of propelling oneself into the air) leap
* (instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location)
* (instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location)
* (instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body) flinch, jerk, twitch
Derived terms
* high jump
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* jump drive
* jump jet
* jump rope
* long jump
* triple jump
* Walleye jump
Adverb
( -)
(obsolete) exactly; precisely
* Marcellus, in "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 1, l 64-65
- Thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour,
- With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch.
Adjective
( en adjective)
(obsolete) Exact; matched; fitting; precise.
* Ben Jonson
- jump names
Etymology 2
Compare (etyl) and English jupon.
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