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jump about

jump about verb: to move erratically by jumping.

Verb

jump about (third-person singular simple present jumps about, present participle jumping about, simple past and past participle jumped about)

  1. To move erratically by jumping.
    • The frog jumped about in the bucket.
    • The children are jumping about with excitement as Christmas approaches.
    Synonyms:
    jump around
  2. To move from side to side, or fidget annoyingly, usually as a result of being nervous.

Synonyms of jump about

Forms of jump about

third-person singular presentjumps about
present participlejumping about
past participlejumped about
pastjumped about

Questions about jump about

What does jump about mean?
Jump about means to move erratically by jumping.
What part of speech is jump about?
Jump about is a verb.
What is the past tense of jump about?
The past tense of jump about is jumped about.

Words near jump about in the dictionary

  1. Jumnapari
  2. Jumnaparis
  3. Jumo
  4. jump
  5. jump a claim
  6. jump about
  7. jump all over
  8. jump and dump
  9. jump and run
  10. jump and runs
  11. jump around

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