Word info

jumping up and down

Noun

Meaning

jumping in one spot (as in excitement)

Source: WordNet

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Examples

The word 'aerobics' came about when the gym instructors got together and said: If we're going to charge $10 an hour, we can't call it Jumping up and down. Rita Rudner

If your agent or publisher is jumping up and down at the thought of your novel, it's because they're picturing the movie poster on the side of the bus. Dave Morris

Bush wouldn't be so bad if it was just him jumping up and down on the corpse of international diplomacy, but we've got Blair as well, kneeling behind him and rhythmically planting a kiss on each buttock with each of the American President's gleeful bounds. Ben Croshaw

I love to go to the playground and watch the children jumping up and down. They don't know I'm firing blanks. Emo Philips

There are two types of paparazzi. The ones who hide who get you with your mouth hanging wide open or jumping up and down like an idiot on the street. I much prefer them to the ones who come out and follow you. Dianna Agron

I think it turned the whole sport around. It got everybody's attention. People who were watching TV live were jumping up and down in their living rooms. Cale Yarborough

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