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overjumping

overjumping is the present participle and gerund of overjump.

Meaning of overjump

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.

Questions about overjumping

What is overjumping the present participle and gerund of?
Overjumping is the present participle and gerund of overjump.

Words near overjumping in the dictionary

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

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