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
The gate is locked, but the rail at the side is jumpable, and your horse takes off accurately and lands you in the same field as hounds.
From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Beatrice Violet Graham Greville
They are easily jumpable by daylight; but how we shall do them in the dark, I don’t know.
From Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance by William Westall
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
