jump
verb (used without object)
to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap.
jumpable
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a word derived from
jump.
Example Sentences
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There were two more jumps that were jumpable, so if I could do tricks over them they should be able to, too.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nailer knew that depending on how aggressive the engineer was, the train could go much faster than was actually jumpable.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
Six or eight horsemen had cleared the fence at the few places where it was jumpable.
From The Four Faces A Mystery by William Le Queux
The bank was solemnly exhibited to the filly; the dogs, who had with unerring instinct seated themselves on its most jumpable portion, were scattered with one threat of the whip to the horizon.
From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville
The gully crumbled on the near side and shelved on the far, twenty feet deep and fifty wide, altogether not very jumpable, the Ranger thought.
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
