jumping ppl adjective.
['dʒʌmpɪŋ] M16.[formed as JUMPING noun + -ING2.]That jumps.
jumping bean (a) a tropical American plant seed (esp. of
Sebastiania pavoniana, family Euphorbiaceae) containing a moth larva whose movements cause the seed to jump about;
(b) a toy consisting of a small bean-shaped capsule containing a weight which causes it to move unaided down a sloping surface.
jumping deer N. Amer. (a) a pronghorn;
(b) a mule deer.
jumping gene (
colloq.) =
TRANSPOSON.
jumping hare =
spring hare s.v.
SPRING noun1.
jumping jack (a) a toy figure of a man, esp. with movable limbs attached to strings;
(b) a small firework producing repeated explosions.
jumping louse =
flea-louse s.v.
FLEA noun.
jumping mouse (a) any of several mouselike rodents of the Palaearctic family Zapodidae, having long hind feet;
(b) =
jumping rat below.
jumping rat any rodent of the jerboa family Dipodidae.
jumping seed =
jumping bean (a) above.
jumping shrew =
ELEPHANT shrew.
jumping spider any of various small hairy spiders (
spec. of the family Salticidae) which do not spin webs but catch their prey by leaping on it.
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jumping verbal noun.
['dʒʌmpɪŋ] M16.[from JUMP verb + -ING1.]The action of
JUMP verb.
high-jumping,
long-jumping, etc.
Comb. & phrases:
jumping-board,
jumping-off board a springboard;
jumping-off ground,
jumping-off place (a) colloq. a place at which a person alights at the end of a journey,
spec. (
N. Amer.) a place regarded as being the furthest limit of civilization or settlement;
(b) a place from which a person moves into a region beyond;
jumping-pole a pole used in jumping long distances or in pole-vaulting;
jumping-wire a serrated wire running from the stemhead of a submarine to the forward edge of the bridge casing and from the after edge to the stern, for cutting a way through defensive nets when submerged.
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