jumping

English

Adjective

jumping (comparative more jumping, superlative most jumping)

1. (colloquial) excellent, very fun
   • 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)

Verb

jumping

1. Present participle of jump.

Noun

jumping (plural jumpings)

1. 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.

External links

• Jumping on Wikiversity. Wikiversity

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French

Etymology

from English

Noun

jumping m (plural jumpings)

1. show jumping (equestrian discipline)
2. (sports and physical fitness) A form of movement in which a body propels itself through the air.