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overjump

overjump verb: to jump over.

Verb

overjump (third-person singular simple present overjumps, present participle overjumping, simple past and past participle overjumped)

  1. (transitive) To jump over.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To omit or ignore.
    • Who did beſeech your loues, for our ſucceſſion, / Cannot ſo lightly ouer-iumpe his death / As leaue his woes revengeleſſe: […]c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii
  3. (intransitive) To jump too far or too high.

Forms of overjump

third-person singular presentoverjumps
present participleoverjumping
past participleoverjumped
pastoverjumped

Origin of overjump

From over- + jump.

Questions about overjump

What does overjump mean?
Overjump means to jump over.
What part of speech is overjump?
Overjump is a verb.
What is the past tense of overjump?
The past tense of overjump is overjumped.

Words near overjump in the dictionary

  1. overjudging
  2. overjudgmental
  3. overjudicious
  4. overjuiced
  5. overjuicy
  6. overjump
  7. overjumped
  8. overjumping
  9. overjumps
  10. overjust
  11. overjustification

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