English words starting with jum

Meanings of Jumbie:

noun

A spirit of a dead person, typically an evil one.

Usage examples:

There are folk beliefs in jumbies (ghosts, spirits).

Meanings of Jumble:

noun

An untidy collection or pile of things.

Usage examples:

The books were in a chaotic jumble

verb

Mix up in a confused or untidy way.

Usage examples:

A drawer full of letters jumbled together

Meanings of Jumbled:

verb

Mix up in a confused or untidy way.

Usage examples:

A drawer full of letters jumbled together

noun

An untidy collection or pile of things.

Usage examples:

The books were in a chaotic jumble

Meanings of Jumbles:

noun

An untidy collection or pile of things.

Usage examples:

The books were in a chaotic jumble

verb

Mix up in a confused or untidy way.

Usage examples:

A drawer full of letters jumbled together

Meanings of Jumbling:

verb

Mix up in a confused or untidy way.

Usage examples:

A drawer full of letters jumbled together

noun

An untidy collection or pile of things.

Usage examples:

The books were in a chaotic jumble

Meanings of Jumbo:

noun

A very large person or thing.

Usage examples:

With the jumbos invading the fringe villages during nights, villagers are spending sleepless nights…

adjective

Very large.

Usage examples:

A jumbo pad

Meanings of Jumbos:

noun

A very large person or thing.

Usage examples:

With the jumbos invading the fringe villages during nights, villagers are spending sleepless nights…

adjective

Very large.

Usage examples:

A jumbo pad

Meanings of Jumbuck:

noun

A sheep.

Usage examples:

Along came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong,

Meanings of Jumbucks:

noun

A sheep.

Usage examples:

Along came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong,

Meanings of Jump:

verb

Push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one's legs and feet.

Usage examples:

The cat jumped off his lap

noun

An act of jumping from a surface by pushing upwards with one's legs and feet.

Usage examples:

In making the short jump across the gully he lost his balance

Move forward by leaps and bounds

Meanings of Jump at:

phrasal verb

Accept an opportunity or offer with great eagerness.

Usage examples:

I'd jump at the chance of a career in football

Meanings of Jump in:

phrasal verb

To suddenly become involved in a situation or discussion

Usage examples:

Investors said they wouldn't be surprised if some companies jumped in to borrow in case rates rise …

Meanings of Jump in with both feet:

phrase

Get started enthusiastically.

Usage examples:

Al franken's never done radio and jumped in with both feet as a self-proclaimed amateur at the head…

idiom

To become involved in a situation too quickly without thinking about it first

Usage examples:

That's just like julie - always jumping in with both feet before she knows the facts.

Meanings of Jump off:

idiom

Jump down from an elevated point

phrasal verb

(of a campaign) begin.

Usage examples:

The air-attack phase will continue before the ground attack jumps off

Meanings of Jump on:

phrasal verb

Attack or take hold of someone suddenly.

Usage examples:

Two men jumped on him from behind

Meanings of Jump on the bandwagon:

phrase

Join others in doing or supporting something fashionable or likely to be successful.

Usage examples:

Scientists and doctors alike have jumped on the bandwagon

idiom

To become involved in an activity that is successful so that you can get the advantages of it yourself

Usage examples:

The success of the product led many firms to try to jump on the bandwagon.

Meanings of Jump ship:

idiom

To leave a place, situation, or person, usually for ever

Usage examples:

Many talented young teachers abandon ship after only three or four years in the profession., he has…

Meanings of Jump the gun:

phrase

Act before the proper or appropriate time.

Usage examples:

There's a lot of sense in what he says, but i think he jumps the gun on this one.

idiom

To act too soon or before the right time

Usage examples:

They only met three weeks ago – isn’t it jumping the gun to start talking about marriage?

Meanings of Jump the queue:

idiom

To move to the front of a line of people who are waiting for something, so that you are served or dealt with before them

Usage examples:

This pre-paid smart card allows you to jump the queue to 60 of the capital's favourite attractions.…

Meanings of Jump the shark:

phrase

(of a television series or film) reach a point when far-fetched events are included merely for the sake of novelty, indicative of a decline in quality.

Usage examples:

The majority of television has jumped the shark; few shows maintain their creative ingenuity

idiom

(usually of television shows) to reach a point where something stops becoming more popular or starts to decrease in quality

Usage examples:

The show jumped the shark a few years ago., will twitter soon jump the shark?

Meanings of Jump the track:

phrase

(of a train) become derailed.

Meanings of Jump through hoops:

phrase

Go through an elaborate or complicated procedure in order to achieve an objective.

Usage examples:

The banks make you beg for a loan and they make you jump through hoops to get it

idiom

To do a lot of difficult things before you are allowed to have or do something you want

Meanings of Jump to conclusions:

idiom

To guess the facts about a situation without having enough information

Usage examples:

Don't jump to conclusions! perhaps it was his daughter he was dancing with.

Meanings of Jump-for-joy:

idiom

To be extremely happy

Usage examples:

"so how did robert take the news?" "he didn't exactly jump for joy."

Meanings of Jump-over:

idiom

Infml to criticize someone suddenly and severely

Usage examples:

When i showed him my report card, dad jumped all over me and said i wasn’t working hard enough.