Definitions for jump-off

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jump-off jump-off

Spelling: [juhmp-awf, -of]

IPA: /ˈdʒʌmpˌɔf, -ˌɒf/

Jump-Off is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in jump-off (-ffjmopu).

Definitions for jump-off

noun

1. a place for jumping off.
2. a point of departure, as of a race or a military attack.
3. the start of such a departure.
4. a supplementary contest among horses tied for first place in a jumping contest.
5. an act or instance of jumping; leap.
6. a space, obstacle, apparatus, or the like, cleared or to be cleared in a leap.
7. a short or hurried journey.
8. a descent by parachute from an airplane.
9. a sudden rise in amount, price, etc.:
10. a sudden upward or other movement of an inanimate object.
11. an abrupt transition from one point or thing to another, with omission of what intervenes:
12. a move or one of a series of moves:
13. Sports. any of several contests that feature a leap or jump. Compare broad jump, high jump.
14. Movies. a break in the continuity of action due to a failure to match the action of one frame with the following one of the same scene.
15. a sudden start as from nervous excitement:
16. Checkers. the act of taking an opponent's piece by leaping over it to an unoccupied square.
17. the jumps, Informal. restlessness; nervousness; anxiety.
18. Also called breakover. Journalism. the part of a story continued on another page.
19. Mathematics. the difference in limit values at a jump discontinuity of a given function.
20. Automotive. jump-start (def 1).

Idioms

1. get / have the jump on, to get or have a head start or an initial advantage over:
2. jump aboard / on board, to join a group, activity, etc., especially one that has been operating or functioning for some time:
3. jump all over someone, to reprimand; criticize:
4. jump bail. bail1 (def 8).
5. jump down someone's throat. throat (def 12).
6. jump in / into with both feet, to join or enter into exuberantly, eagerly, hastily, etc.
7. jump ship. ship1 (def 15).
8. jump the gun. gun1 (def 15).
9. jump the shark. shark1 (def 2).
10. on the jump, in a hurry; running about:

adverb

1. Obsolete. exactly; precisely.

adjective

1. Jazz. of, relating to, or characteristic of swing. of, relating to, or characteristic of jazz; played at a bright tempo.

Verb phrases

1. jump on, to blame or rebuke; reprimand:

verb (used with object)

1. to leap or spring over:
2. to cause to leap:
3. to skip or pass over; bypass:
4. to elevate or advance, especially in rank, by causing to skip or pass rapidly through intermediate stages:
5. to move past or start before (a signal); anticipate:
6. to increase sharply:
7. Checkers. to capture (an opponent's piece) by leaping over.
8. to attack or pounce upon without warning, as from ambush:
9. Bridge. to raise (the bid) by more than necessary to reach the next bidding level, especially as a signal to one's partner.
10. Informal. to abscond from; leave: to flee or escape from.
11. to seize or occupy illegally or forcibly (a mining claim or the like), as on the ground of some flaw in the holder's title.
12. (of trains, trolleys, etc.) to spring off or leave (the track).
13. to get on board (a train, bus, etc.) quickly or with little planning or preparation for the trip:
14. Journalism. to continue (a story) from one page to another over intervening copy.
15. Metalworking. to thicken (a bar or the like) by striking the end; upset (often followed by up).
16. Slang: Vulgar. to engage in an act of coitus with.
17. to connect (a dead battery) to a live battery by attaching booster cables between the respective terminals.

verb (used without object)

1. to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap:
2. to rise suddenly or quickly:
3. to move or jerk suddenly, as from surprise or shock:
4. to obey quickly and energetically; hustle:
5. Informal. to be full of activity; bustle:
6. to start a campaign, program, military attack, etc.; launch an activity, especially of major proportions (usually followed by off):
7. Checkers. to move from one side of an opponent's piece to a vacant square on the opposite side, thus capturing the opponent's piece.
8. to rise suddenly in amount, price, etc.:
9. to pass abruptly, ignoring intervening steps or deliberation:
10. to change abruptly:
11. to move or change suddenly, haphazardly, aimlessly, or after a short period:
12. to pass or go aimlessly:
13. to omit letters, numbers, etc.; skip:
14. to parachute from an airplane.
15. to take eagerly; seize (often followed by at):
16. to enter into something with vigor (usually followed by in or into):
17. to advance rapidly from one level to another, especially in rank; pass through or skip intermediate stages in a forward or upward progression:
18. Movies. (of a shot or frame) to fail to line up properly with the preceding or following frames because of a mechanical fault in the camera or projector.
19. Bridge. to make a jump bid:
20. Journalism. (of newspaper copy) to continue on a subsequent page, following intervening copy (opposed to turn).

Origin of jump-off

An Americanism dating back to 1870-75; noun use of verb phrase

Examples for jump-off

These two were outliers to the rest, beating the bushes beyond the jump-off incessantly.

“Some jump-off,” observed Bunker, but Big Boy did not hear him–he was looking up at the sun.