Jump, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Jumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Jumping.] [Akin to OD. gumpen, dial. G. gumpen, jumpen.]
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.” Nahum iii. 2.
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.” Shak.
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.