jump up

Rise with energy

Jump up means to rise suddenly from a seated or lying position: She jumped up when she heard the doorbell.

It can also mean to increase abruptly: Prices jumped up after the announcement.

In Caribbean music, jump-up refers to an energetic style of soca or a street party featuring such music.

movement

bounce

Spring back after impact

  • leapSudden springing movement
  • springRecoiling metal spiral
  • hopSmall, quick jump

bound · vault · skip · dart · lunge · start · jolt · startle · bolt upright · pounce

dance

groove

Narrow cut or routine

  • beatRhythmic pulse or strike
  • tempoRate of musical performance
  • rhythmPatterned stress and silence

choreography · swing · jive · samba · hip-hop · breakdance · footwork · syncopation · bounce · step

Caribbean

soca

Trinidadian dance music genre

Tobago · carnival · fete · wining · chipping · masquerade · bacchanal · riddim · Barbados · Antigua

Categories
Opposites
vertical direction of movement

jump updrop down

Expandable selection list

fall down · plummet · descend · go down · tumble down

speed/manner of rising

jump upsettle down

Become calm or established

ease up · climb up · subside · sag · creep up

body position change

jump upsit down

Lower onto a surface

lie down · plop down · kneel down · hunker down · recline

Family

up, jump, jumpy, jumping, jumper, jumps, jumped, jumpers, upping

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G