jump vs trip

jump

noun
  • An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location. 

  • An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location. 

  • An object which causes one to jump; a ramp. 

  • An abrupt increase in the height of the surface of a flowing liquid at the location where the flow transitions from supercritical to subcritical, involving an abrupt reduction in flow speed and increase in turbulence. 

  • A kind of loose jacket for men. 

  • An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body. 

  • A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards). 

  • A jumping move in a board game. 

  • An early start or an advantage. 

  • An effort; an attempt; a venture. 

  • A change of the path of execution to a different location. 

  • An instance of propelling oneself upwards. 

  • A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity. 

  • An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly. 

  • An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry. 

  • A dislocation in a stratum; a fault. 

  • An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space. 

  • Synonym of one-night stand (“single evening's performance”) 

  • The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. 

verb
  • To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap. 

  • To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location. 

  • To bore with a jumper. 

  • To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it. 

  • To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. 

  • To jump-start a car or other vehicle with a dead battery, as with jumper cables. 

  • To attack suddenly and violently. 

  • To move the distance between two opposing subjects. 

  • To cause to jump. 

  • To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece. 

  • To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person). 

  • To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward. 

  • To increase speed aggressively and without warning. 

  • To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently. 

  • To join by a buttweld. 

  • To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset. 

  • To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up. 

  • To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward. 

  • To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter. 

trip

noun
  • The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing. 

  • A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip. 

  • A journey; an excursion or jaunt. 

  • A stumble or misstep. 

  • A trip-switch or cut-out. 

  • Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition. 

  • A flock of wigeons. 

  • A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations. 

  • A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward. 

  • A mechanical cutout device. 

  • A faux pas, a social error. 

verb
  • To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free. 

  • To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot 

  • To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch. 

  • To be activated, as by a signal or an event 

  • To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them. 

  • To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption. 

  • To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it. 

  • To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc 

  • To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs. 

  • To journey, to make a trip. 

adj
  • Of or relating to trips (three of a kind). 

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