Hump vs. Jump
Difference Between Hump and Jump
Humpnoun
A mound of earth.
Jumpverb
(intransitive) 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.Humpnoun
A speed hump.
Jumpverb
(intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
She is going to jump from the diving board.Humpnoun
A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
Jumpverb
(transitive) To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.
to jump a streamHumpnoun
A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
Jumpverb
(intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
Humpnoun
(slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
Jumpverb
(intransitive) 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.Humpnoun
A bad mood.
get the hump, have the hump, take the hump, give someone the humpJumpverb
(intransitive) 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.Humpnoun
(slang) A painfully boorish person.
That guy is such a hump!Jumpverb
(transitive) To move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward.
I hate it when people jump the queue.Humpnoun
A wave that forms in front of an operating hovercraft and impedes progress at low speeds.
Jumpverb
(transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
The hoodlum jumped a woman in the alley.Humpverb
(transitive) To bend something into a hump.
Jumpverb
To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
Harold: How is Sarah? I don't want to jump her while she's The Big Chill.Humpverb
To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
Jumpverb
(transitive) To cause to jump.
The rider jumped the horse over the fence.Humpverb
to rhythmically thrust the pelvis in a manner conducive to sexual intercourse
Jumpverb
(transitive) To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
Humpverb
To dry-hump.
Stop humping the table, you sicko.Jumpverb
(transitive) To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
Humpverb
To have sex (with).
Jumpverb
To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
Humpverb
To prepare for a great exertion; to put forth effort.
Jumpverb
To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
Humpverb
To vex or annoy.
Jumpverb
To join by a buttweld.
Humpverb
(rail) To shunt wagons / freight cars over the hump in a hump yard.
Jumpverb
To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
Humpnoun
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form
Jumpverb
(quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
Humpverb
arch one's back
Jumpverb
(obsolete) To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.
Humpverb
have sexual intercourse with;
This student sleeps with everyone in her dormAdam knew EveWere you ever intimate with this man?Jumpverb
To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
Jumpverb
To flee; to make one's escape.
Jumpnoun
The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
Jumpnoun
An effort; an attempt; a venture.
Jumpnoun
(mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
Jumpnoun
(architecture) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
Jumpnoun
An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
The boy took a skip and a jump down the lane.Jumpnoun
An object which causes one to jump, a ramp.
He went off a jump.Jumpnoun
An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
There were a couple of jumps from the bridge.Jumpnoun
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.Jumpnoun
An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
Jumpnoun
A jumping move in a board game.
the knight's jump in chessJumpnoun
A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
Press jump to start.Jumpnoun
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.Jumpnoun
(with on) 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.Jumpnoun
(mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
Jumpnoun
(science fiction) An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
Jumpnoun
(programming) A change of the path of execution to a different location.
Jumpnoun
A kind of loose jacket for men.
Jumpadverb
(obsolete) exactly; precisely
Jumpadjective
(obsolete) Exact; matched; fitting; precise.
Jumpnoun
a sudden and decisive increase;
a jump in attendanceJumpnoun
an abrupt transition;
a successful leap from college to the major leaguesJumpnoun
(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
Jumpnoun
a sudden involuntary movement;
he awoke with a startJumpnoun
descent with a parachute;
he had done a lot of parachuting in the armyJumpnoun
the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground;
he advanced in a series of jumpsthe jumping was unexpectedJumpverb
move forward by leaps and bounds;
The horse bounded across the meadowThe child leapt across the puddleCan you jump over the fence?Jumpverb
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm;
She startled when I walked into the roomJumpverb
make a sudden physical attack on;
The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coatJumpverb
increase suddenly and significantly;
Prices jumped overnightJumpverb
be highly noticeable
Jumpverb
enter eagerly into;
He jumped into the gameJumpverb
rise in rank or status;
Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller listJumpverb
run off or leave the rails;
the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracksJumpverb
jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
Jumpverb
cause to jump or leap;
the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoopJumpverb
start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another car's battery
Jumpverb
bypass;
He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensibleJumpverb
pass abruptly from one state or topic to another;
leap into famejump to a conclusionJumpverb
go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
