jumping
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʒʌmpɪŋ/
Adjective
jumping (comparative more jumping, superlative most jumping)
- (colloquial) Exuberantly active; in full swing.
- 1998, Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out?
- When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
- And everybody havin' a ball (Hah, ho, Yippie Yi Yo)
- 1998, Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out?
Noun
jumping (plural jumpings)
- The act of performing a jump.
- 1871, John Tyndall, Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion (page 291)
- 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.
- 1871, John Tyndall, Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion (page 291)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒœ̃.piŋ/
Noun
jumping m (plural jumpings)
Further reading
- “jumping” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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