jump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. jumped p. pr. & vb. n. jumping.]
 1. To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.
    Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square.   --Shak.
 2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. “The jumping chariots.”
    A flock of geese jump down together.   --Dryden.
 3. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with. “It jumps with my humor.”
 To jump at, to spring to; hence, fig., to accept suddenly or eagerly; as, a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at a chance.

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