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jump

To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
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The player's knight jumped the opponent's bishop.

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'jump':

jumpBy jerking the body violently.
jumpThat is further forward.
jumpTo attack suddenly and violently.
jumpTo cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
jumpTo employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
jumpTo force to jump.
jumpTo propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
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