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spike | jump |

As a proper noun spike

is .

As a verb jump is

to propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.

As a noun jump is

the act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound or jump can be a kind of loose jacket for men.

As an adverb jump is

(obsolete) exactly; precisely.

As an adjective jump is

(obsolete) exact; matched; fitting; precise.

spike

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An ear of corn or grain.
  • # (botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
  • #
  • oil of spike
  • Something pointed or sharp.
  • # A sort of very large nail; anything resembling such a nail in shape.
  • #* Addison
  • He wears on his head the corona radiata ; the spikes that shoot out represent the rays of the sun.
  • # The long, narrow part of a woman's high-heeled shoe that elevates the heel.
  • # A sharp peak in a graph.
  • # a surge in power.
  • # (informal) In spikes : running shoes with spikes in the soles.
  • # (volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
  • (zoology) An adolescent male deer.
  • (slang) The casual ward of a workhouse.
  • * 1933 : , p. 139.
  • "Dere's tay spikes', and cocoa '''spikes''', and skilly ' spikes ."

    Synonyms

    * catkin, raceme, cluster, corymb, umbel

    Derived terms

    {{der3, marlinspike , spike addition}}

    Verb

    (spik)
  • To fix on a spike; to pierce or run through with a spike.
  • # To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails.
  • to spike down planks
  • # To set or furnish with spikes.
  • (Young)
  • # (military) To render (a gun) unusable by driving a metal spike into its touch hole.
  • #* 1834 , (Frederick Marryat), Peter Simple :
  • He jumped down, wrenched the hammer from the armourer’s hand, and seizing a nail from the bag, in a few moments he had spiked the gun.
  • #* 1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 235-6:
  • Small skirmishes also took place, and the Afghans managed to seize a pair of mule-guns and force the British to spike and abandon two other precious guns.
  • # (journalism) To decide not to publish or make public. (From the former practice of newspaper editors impaling sheets of typewritten articles not selected for publication on a metal spike or spindle placed on their desks: see 2010 quotation.)
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  • # (American football) To slam a football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.
  • # (volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
  • To increase sharply.
  • Traffic accidents spiked in December when there was ice on the roads.
  • To add a small amount of one substance to another.
  • The water sample to be tested has been spiked with arsenic, antimony, mercury, and lead in quantities commonly found in industrial effluents.
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  • # (specifically) To covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into food or drink.
  • She spiked my lemonade with vodka!
  • Derived terms

    * spike someone's guns

    Synonyms

    * (volleyball): attack, hit

    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
    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 * * * 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.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of loose jacket for men.
  • (in plural) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
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