JUMPS

Move forward by leaps and bounds

Example: "The horse bounded across the meadow"

Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

Example: "She startled when i walked into the room"

Make a sudden physical attack on

Example: "The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat"

Increase suddenly and significantly

Example: "Prices jumped overnight"

Be highly noticeable

Enter eagerly into

Example: "He jumped into the game"

Rise in rank or status

Example: "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

Jump down from an elevated point

Example: "The parachutist didn't want to jump"

Run off or leave the rails

Example: "The train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"

Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

Cause to jump or leap

Example: "The trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"

Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

Bypass

Example: "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"

Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another

Example: "Leap into fame"

Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions