Jump most commonly refers to

jumping Jumping or leaping is a form of locomotion or movement in which an organism or non-living (e.g., robotic) mechanical system propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory. Jumping can be distinguished from running, galloping and ...

, a form of movement in which an organism propels itself into the air. Jump or jumping may also refer to:

Arts and media

Books

* ''Jump!'' (novel), a 2010 novel by Jilly Cooper

Film

* ''Jump'' (1999 film), a 1999 film featuring James LeGros, Mark Rosenthal and Jessica Hecht * ''Jump'' (2009 film), a 2009 Hong Kong comedy-drama film * ''Jump'' (2012 film), a 2012 Northern Irish film * ''Jump!'' (2007 film), a film featuring Patrick Swayze and Martine McCutcheon * ''Jump!'' (2023 film), a Spanish science fiction comedy film * ''Jumping'' (film), a 1986 Belgian film * ''

Jump In! ''Jump In!'' is a 2007 sports comedy-drama film released as a Disney Channel Original Movie, which premiered on January 12, 2007. It was released on Disney Channel UK on April 27, 2007. The film, starring Corbin Bleu and Keke Palmer, revolves ...

'', a 2007 Disney Channel film *

Jump cut A jump cut is a cut (transition), cut in film editing that breaks a single continuous sequential shot of a subject into two parts, with a piece of footage removed to create the effect of jumping forward in time. Camera positioning on the subjec ...

, a technique used in film editing * ''The Jump'' (2020 film), a 2020 Lithuanian documentary film

Television

* ''Jump!'' (TV series), a Singaporean Chinese drama * "Jump" (''Ugly Betty''), the season 2 finale episode of ''Ugly Betty'' * "Jumping", an episode of the television series ''Teletubbies'' * ''The Jump'' (1998 TV series), British crime drama * ''The Jump'' (2014 TV series), British television series that follows celebrities as they tried to master various winter sports * ''The Jump'' (talk show), basketball talk show (2016–2021)

Music

Jump blues Jump blues is an uptempo style of blues, jazz, and boogie woogie usually played by small groups and featuring horn instruments. It was popular in the 1940s and was a precursor of rhythm and blues and rock and roll. Appreciation of jump blues wa ...

, a musical genre *

Jump Incorporated JuMP is an algebraic modeling language and a collection of supporting packages for mathematical optimization embedded in the Julia programming language. JuMP is used by companies, government agencies, academic institutions, software project ...

, an Australian rock band * Jump Records, a record label *

Jumpstyle Jumpstyle is an electronic dance music, electronic dance style and music genre popular in Western Europe, originally in Belgium. Jumpstyling is often referred to as "Jumpen": a combination of the English word 'Jump' and the Dutch and German suf ...

, a genre in electronic music * Jump or Jump, Little Children, an American indie rock band * Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala, turntablist for

The Cat Empire The Cat Empire are an Australian jazz/funk band, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1999. For most of the band's duration, the core members were Felix Riebl (lead vocals, percussion), Harry James Angus (trumpet, vocals), Will Hull-Brown (drums), ...

* ''The Jump'' (podcast), a music podcast hosted by Shirley Manson

Albums

* ''Jump'' (Djumbo album) (2005) * ''Jump'' (Jimmy Ponder album) (1989) * ''Jump!'' (album), by Van Dyke Parks (1984) * ''Jumping'' (EP), by Kara (2010)

Songs

* "Jump" (Every Little Thing song) (2001) * "Jump" (Flo Rida song) with Nelly Furtado (2009) * "Jump" (Nadav Guedj song) (2015) * "Jump" (David Guetta and Glowinthedark song) (2019) * "Jump" (Kris Kross song) (1992) * "Jump" (Madonna song) (2005) * "Jump" (Rihanna song) (2012) * "Jump" (Tyla, Gunna and Skillibeng song) (2024) * "Jump" (Van Halen song) (1983) * "

Jump (For My Love) "Jump (For My Love)" is an electropop song by American girl group the Pointer Sisters, released on April 11, 1984, as the third single from their tenth studio album, '' Break Out'' (1983). The song hit the top ten on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, ...

", by the Pointer Sisters (1984) * " Jump, Jump", a single by DJ Tomekk (2005) * "Jumpin'" (Liberty X song) (2003) * "Jumpin" (NLE Choppa song) (2021) * "Jumping" (Kara song) (2010) * "Jumpin' Jumpin, by Destiny's Child (1999) * "Jump", by Gary Barlow from ''

Since I Saw You Last ''Since I Saw You Last'' is the fourth solo studio album released by British singer-songwriter Gary Barlow. The album was released by Polydor Records on 22 November 2013 in Ireland, and on 25 November in the United Kingdom. It debuted at number ...

'' (2013) * "Jump", by Black Eyed Peas from '' ''Elevation'''' (2022) * "Jump", by Dababy from '' Blame It on Baby'' (2020) * "Jump", by

the Faders The Faders were a British female pop rock band, formed in January 2004 by Polydor Records. Bassist and keyboardist Toy Valentine and drummer Cherisse Osei were the first members to get through the first audition. Frontwoman and lead guitarist ...

(2005) * "Jump", by Claire Hamill from '' Touchpaper'' (1984) * "Jump", by Loverboy from '' Get Lucky'' (1981) * "Jump", by MadeinTYO from ''

Sincerely, Tokyo ''Sincerely, Tokyo'' is the debut studio album by American rapper MadeinTYO. It was released on October 26, 2018 through Private Club Records, an independent record label by MadeinTYO and his brother, 24hrs. The album features guest appearances ...

'' (2018) * "Jump", by Major Lazer from ''

Know No Better ''Know No Better'' is the fourth extended play (EP) by American electronic music trio Major Lazer, released on June 1, 2017, by Mad Decent. Background The EP includes 6 tracks featuring collaborations with numerous artists, including Travis ...

'' (2017) * "Jump", by Kylie Minogue from ''

Impossible Princess ''Impossible Princess'' (briefly retitled ''Kylie Minogue'' in Europe) is the sixth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, released on 22 October 1997, by Deconstruction Records, Deconstruction, Bertelsmann Music Group, BMG and ...

'' (1997) * "Jump", by N*E*R*D from ''

Fly or Die ''Fly or Die'' is the second studio album by American rap rock band N.E.R.D. It was released on March 23, 2004. Production The band recorded its second album ''Fly or Die'' during 2003. The band actually learned the instruments needed to play ...

'' (2004) * "Jump", by Simple Plan from '' Still Not Getting Any...'' (2004) * "Jump", by Skylar Grey from ''Natural Causes'' (2016) * "Jump", by XTC, B-side to '' Wonderland'' (1983) * "Jump", by Yeat from ''

2 Alive ''2 Alive'' (stylized as ''2 Alivë'') is the second studio album by American rapper Yeat. It was released on February 18, 2022, by Geffen Records, Interscope Records, Field Trip Recordings, Listen To The Kids and Twizzy Rich. The album feature ...

'' (2022) * "Jump!", by Nana Mizuki from '' Alive & Kicking'' (2004) * "Jump!", by

the Movement The Movement may refer to: Politics * The Movement (Iceland), a political party in Iceland * The Movement (Israel), a political party in Israel, led by Tzipi Livni * Civil rights movement, the African-American political movement * The Movement ...

(1992) * "Jumpin", by the 411 from '' Between the Sheets'' (2004) * "Jumpin", by Doug Pinnick from '' Pineappleskunk'' (2001) * "Jumpin", by Jeremih from ''

Jeremih Jeremy Phillip Felton (born July 17, 1987), known professionally as Jeremih ( ), is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B singer. He embarked on a musical career after meeting record producer Mick Schultz in 2008, and signed a recording contract wi ...

'' (2009) * "Jumpin", by

Pitbull Pit bull is an umbrella term for several types of dog believed to have descended from bull and terriers. In the United States, the term is usually considered to include the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American B ...

(2023) * "Jumpin", by Playboi Carti from ''

Music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

'' (2025) * "Jumpin", by Red Velvet from '' The ReVe Festival: Day 2'' (2019)

Other uses in arts and media

MDR Jump MDR Jump is a German public radio station owned and operated by the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR). It broadcasts a current-based AC format. As of 2023, it has more than 900,000 daily listeners. History As the successor of MDR Life, MDR Jump s ...

, a German public radio station * ''Jump'' (magazine line), a line of manga magazines **

Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the ''Jump (magazine line), Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many Action (fiction), action scenes and a fair ...

, the best-selling magazine of the line, often referred to as just ''Jump'' * Jump (musical), a Korean comedic theatrical performance involving martial arts, acrobatics, and dance moves * Jump drive, a speculative invention in science fiction, a method of traveling through

hyperspace In science fiction, hyperspace (also known as nulspace, subspace, overspace, jumpspace and similar terms) is a concept relating to higher dimensions as well as parallel universes and a faster-than-light (FTL) method of interstellar travel ...

J.U.M.P. The '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' toyline was introduced by Hasbro in 1982, and lasted to 1994, producing well over 250 vehicles (i.e. in-universe are meant to move under their own power), and playsets (i.e. toys representing static bases of ...

, a fictional weapon in the G.I. Joe universe

Places

Jump, Kentucky Jump Station is an unincorporated community in Floyd County, Kentucky. History A post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), par ...

, or Jump Station, an unincorporated community in Floyd County * Jump, Ohio, a community in Hardin County *

Jump, South Yorkshire Jump is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is north-east of Hoyland, separated from it by the Jump Valley, through which a stream runs. According to local legend, Jump village was named by the local ...

, a village in Barnsley, England

Science and technology

Computing

Jump instruction A branch, jump or transfer is an instruction in a computer program that can cause a computer to begin executing a different instruction sequence and thus deviate from its default behavior of executing instructions in order. ''Branch'' (or ''br ...

, used to alter the control flow of a program *

JuMP JuMP is an algebraic modeling language and a collection of supporting packages for mathematical optimization embedded in the Julia programming language. JuMP is used by companies, government agencies, academic institutions, software projects ...

, an algebraic modeling language extension for the Julia language * JumpDrive, a brand of, or a generic term for, USB flash drives *

Turing jump In computability theory, the Turing jump or Turing jump operator, named for Alan Turing, is an operation that assigns to each decision problem a successively harder decision problem with the property that is not decidable by an oracle machine ...

, an operator in recursion theory

Other uses in science and technology

Jump discontinuity Continuous functions are of utmost importance in mathematics, functions and applications. However, not all Function (mathematics), functions are continuous. If a function is not continuous at a limit point (also called "accumulation point" or "clu ...

, a change in value of a mathematical function * Jump, a step in a statistical

jump process A jump process is a type of stochastic process that has discrete movements, called jumps, with random arrival times, rather than continuous movement, typically modelled as a simple or compound Poisson process. In finance, various stochastic mo ...

* Jump, a step in a

jump diffusion Jump diffusion is a stochastic process that involves jump process, jumps and diffusion process, diffusion. It has important applications in magnetic reconnection, coronal mass ejections, condensed matter physics, and pattern theory and computationa ...

process *

Hydraulic jump A hydraulic jump is a phenomenon in the science of hydraulics which is frequently observed in open channel flow such as rivers and spillways. When liquid at high velocity discharges into a zone of lower velocity, a rather abrupt rise occurs in ...

, a phenomenon in fluid dynamics *

Jump start (vehicle) A jump start, also called a boost, is a procedure of starting a motor vehicle (most commonly cars or trucks) that has a discharged battery. A temporary connection is made to the battery of another vehicle, or to some other external power sourc ...

, using a temporary electrical connection to start a vehicle that has a discharged battery *

Quantum jump Quantum Jump were a 1970s British band, consisting of singer and keyboard player Rupert Hine, guitarist Mark Warner, bass player John G. Perry (then of Caravan), and drummer Trevor Morais (who had previously played in The Peddlers). The ba ...

, an abrupt transition in a quantum system

Sports

Figure skating jumps Figure skating jumps are an element of three competitive figure skating disciplines: Single skating, men's singles, women's singles, and pair skatingbut not ice dancing. Jumping in figure skating is "relatively recent". They were originally indi ...

, an element of competitive figure skating disciplines *

Jumping (horse) Jumping plays a major role in many equestrian sports, such as show jumping, fox hunting, steeplechasing, and eventing. The biomechanics of jumping, the influence of the rider, and the heritability of jumping prowess have all been the focus of ...

, a major element of many equestrian sports **

Show jumping Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrian events that also includes eventing, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including the Olympics. Sometimes shows ar ...

, or stadium jumping, a competitive equestrian event *

Jump rope A skipping rope (or jump rope) is a tool used in a sport involving rhythmic jumping over a rope swung underfoot and overhead. The activity, practiced both recreationally and competitively, encompasses disciplines such as freestyle routines—f ...

, where one or more participants jump over a rope swung so that it passes under their feet and over their heads *

Parachuting Parachuting and skydiving are methods of descending from a high point in an atmosphere to the ground or ocean surface with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or multiple parachutes. For hu ...

, typically by jumping from a flying aircraft **

BASE jumping BASE jumping () is the recreational sport of jumping from fixed objects, using a parachute to descend to the ground. BASE is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings, antenna (radio), antenna ...

, parachuting or wingsuit flying from a fixed structure or cliff * Competitive events in the sport of athletics **

High jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

, a track and field event over a horizontal bar **

Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

, a track and field event **

Pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a #bar, bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ...

, a track and field event sometimes known as pole jumping **

Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

, a track and field event **

Vertical jump A vertical jump or vertical leap is the act of jumping upwards into the air. It can be an exercise for building both endurance and strength, and is also a standard test for measuring athletic performance. It may also be referred to as a ''Sargent ...

, a power and endurance exercise, commonly used to measure the power output of athletes

Other uses

* Jump (surname), a surname *

Jump Associates Jump Associates is strategy and innovation consulting firm based in San Mateo, CA. The company was founded in 1998 by CEO Dev Patnaik, Udaya Patnaik, Neal Moore, and Robert Becker. Its business was launched with a project for the office furnitur ...

, a design strategy firm based in San Mateo, California * Jump Bikes, a dockless electric bicycle-sharing system available in many countries; it belongs to Lime (transportation company) *

Jump Trading Jump Trading LLC is a proprietary trading firm with a focus on algorithmic and high-frequency trading strategies. The firm has over 1500 employees in Chicago, New York, Austin, London, Tel Aviv, Singapore, Shanghai, Bristol, Gurgaon, Gandhinagar, ...

, a company involved in high-frequency and algorithmic trading * Join Us to Motivate People, an

International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience, commonly referred to as IAESTE, is an international organization exchanging students for technical work experience abroad. Students gain relevant technical train ...

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