jumping

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʒʌmpɪŋ/

Adjective

jumping

1. (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)

Verb

1. present participle of jump#English|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.

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