jump up

Verb

Meaning

jump up (third-person singular simple present jumps up, present participle jumping up, simple past and past participle jumped up)

To move from one position to a higher position by one jump.
I jumped up onto the top of the wall.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

jumping leap up leaping start-up jump out hike up jack up hop on intensate hop up upshoot break water upspear

Antonyms

sit hit the deck hit the dirt

Related terms

jump up behind

Examples

No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation. Fran Lebowitz

I love to go down to the schoolyard and watch all the little children jump up and down and run around yelling and screaming. They don't know I'm only using blanks. Emo Philips

When you jump up the Earth wants you back. Jenny Lewis

I am the first to jump up and say that I am a proud Samoan. Sonny Bill Williams

My mother has rheumatoid arthritis. I don't want to lose the ability to jump up and walk across the room or move around with the energy I'm used to having. That's far more important to me than a wrinkle or two. Cheryl Ladd

I was in a play in elementary school and had to jump up and run away. I was nervous and tripped and fell down and everyone laughed. Their laughter made me relax, so I pretended it was part of the show. Sherman Hemsley

Close letter words and terms

jump to conclusions about jump to it jump to one's feet jump up and down jump up behind jump with a rope