jumping — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Exuberantly active; in full swing.

   Usage

   • Colloquial

   Examples

   When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo) And everybody havin' a ball (Hah, ho, Yippie Yi Yo)

Noun

1. The act of performing a jump.

   Examples

   When the tuning-fork is brought over a resonant jar or bottle, the beats may be heard and the jumpings seen by a thousand people at once.

Noun

1. the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump

   Broader terms

   track and field

2. the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground

   Synonyms

   jump

   Broader terms

   propulsionactuation

   Examples

   he advanced in a series of jumps

   the jumping was unexpected