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jumping verbal noun. M16.
[from JUMP verb + -ING1.]
The action of JUMP verb.
high-jumping, long-jumping, etc.
Comb. & phrases: jumping-board, jumping-off board a springboard; jumping-off ground, jumping-off place (a) colloq. a place at which a person alights at the end of a journey, spec. (N. Amer.) a place regarded as being the furthest limit of civilization or settlement; (b) a place from which a person moves into a region beyond; jumping-pole a pole used in jumping long distances or in pole-vaulting; jumping-wire a serrated wire running from the stemhead of a submarine to the forward edge of the bridge casing and from the after edge to the stern, for cutting a way through defensive nets when submerged.