Clues for the word "JUMP"
We've had 67 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 92 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on October 23, 2025.
Definition of jump
- n. - A kind of loose jacket for men.
- n. - A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
- v. i. - 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.
- v. i. - To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.
- v. i. - To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with.
- v. t. - To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.
- v. t. - To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.
- v. t. - To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
- v. t. - To join by a butt weld.
- v. t. - To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
- v. t. - To bore with a jumper.
- n. - The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
- n. - An effort; an attempt; a venture.
- n. - The space traversed by a leap.
- n. - A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
- n. - An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
- a. - Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise.
- adv. - Exactly; pat.
Referring Clues
- Parachute ___
- Parachutist's act
- A.A.A. offering
- Kangaroo's movement
- How to get on the bandwagon
- Skydive...or...need we say more?
- With 58-Across, got going the hard way, perhaps
- "Go ___ in a lake!"
- Parachute descent
- Checkers maneuver
- Kangaroo movement
- #1 hit for Van Halen
- Cannonball, e.g.
- Van Halen's biggest hit
- Show strength during a bridge auction
- Toss-up on a court
- Use a parachute
- Use a pogo stick
- Basie's "One O'clock ___"
- Checkers move
- Leap
- Be skittish
- Make use of a bungee cord
- 1992 Kris Kross hit
- Cannonball, e.g.
- Spring
- Skydive
- Buffalo ____ (Alberta ghost town)
- Restart a battery
- Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle
- ___ at (eagerly accept)
- 1983 Van Halen single
- Bound
- Begin to dive
- Hurdle
- Stalled driver's request
- Sudden start
- Word with seat or suit
- ___ shot
- Flinch
- Head start
- Skydiving instance
- Rise suddenly
- #1 Van Halen tune of 1984 or #1 Kris Kross tune of 1992
- Get startled
- Kickstart a battery
- Suggestive hit from Van Halen
- Get visibly startled
- What Kris Kross will make you do
- Leap (high, long or triple)
- React with surprise
- Start
- Does the dismissed athlete take it running?
- Skip start
- Start showing doubt held by magistrate
- Start to desert ship?
- See 11
- Bound to need clue, one of a pair for a start?
- Play with a bungee, perhaps
- Sharp increase
- Follower of hop and skip
- Go for a rebound
- Van Halen song that starts "I get up, and nothin' gets me down"
- Hop or leap
- Command to a skydiver
- Kris Kross #1 hit with the lyric "How high? Real high, 'cause I'm just so fly"
- Word before rope or scare
Last Seen In
- New York Times - October 23, 2025
- New York Times - August 14, 2025
- New York Times - August 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 31, 2025
- New York Times - January 16, 2025
- USA Today - August 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 23, 2024
- New York Times - August 09, 2022
- Mirror Quick - January 24, 2018
- Netword - August 27, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 10, 2017
- Netword - July 09, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 02, 2017
- Universal - May 26, 2017
- LA Times - May 11, 2017
- Netword - February 08, 2017
- Rock n Roll Crossword - January 08, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 12, 2016
- Universal - October 24, 2016
- USA Today - October 12, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 20, 2016
- Jonesin - August 16, 2016
- Guardian Prize - April 09, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 12, 2015
- LA Times - May 02, 2015
- Guardian Quiptic - January 19, 2015
- New York Times - December 03, 2014
- New York Times - August 16, 2014
- LA Times - August 07, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 31, 2014
- And in 62 more crossword puzzles...