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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jump; increase |
| Synonyms: | bound, caper, escalation, frisk, hop, rise, skip, spring, surge, upsurge, upswing, vault |
| Concept: | Leap. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation., dance, caper; curvet, caracole; gambade, gambado; capriole, demivolt; buck, buck jump; hop skip and jump; falcade., kangaroo, jerboa; chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea; buckjumper; wallaby.
-verbs
leap; jump up, jump over the moon; hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper; buck, buck jump; curvet, caracole; foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start; frisk (amusement); jump about (agitation); trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes.
-adjectives
leaping; saltatory, frisky.
-adverbs
on the light fantastic toe.
-phrases
di salto in salto.
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| Antonyms: | plunge |
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| Main Entry: | bob |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce up and down |
| Synonyms: | bow, duck, genuflect, hop, jerk, jounce, leap, nod, oscillate, quaver, quiver, ricochet, seesaw, skip, waggle, weave, wobble |
| Main Entry: | bolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run quickly away |
| Synonyms: | abscond, bail out, bound, cop out, cut loose, cut out, dart, dash, ditch*, drop out, dump*, escape, flee, flight, fly, hightail, hotfoot, hurtle, jump, kiss goodbye, leap, leave flat, leave high and dry, leave holding the bag, leave in the lurch, make a break for it, make off, make tracks, opt out, run like scared rabbit, run out on, rush, scamper, scoot, skedaddle, skip, split*, spring, sprint, start, startle, step on it, take flight, take off, walk out on |
| Antonyms: | stay, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spring up; rebound |
| Synonyms: | backlash, bob, boomerang, bound, buck, bump, carom, fly back, glance off, hop, hurdle, jerk up and down, jounce, jump, kick back, leap, rebound, recoil, resile, ricochet, saltate, snap back, spring back, thump, vault |
| Main Entry: | bound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump, bounce |
| Synonyms: | bob, caper, frisk, gambol, hop, hurdle, leap, pounce, prance, recoil, ricochet, saltate, skip, spring, vault |
| Main Entry: | breakthrough |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advance, progress |
| Synonyms: | boost, development, discovery, find, finding, gain, hike, improvement, increase, invention, leap, progress, quantum leap, rise, step forward |
| Antonyms: | step back, step backward |
| Main Entry: | buck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resist, kick off |
| Synonyms: | bound, combat, contest, dislodge, dispute, duel, fight, jerk, jump, leap, oppose, prance, repel, start, throw, traverse, trip, unseat, vault, withstand |
| Main Entry: | caper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | antic, lark |
| Synonyms: | escapade, gag, gambol, high jinks, hop, hot foot, jest, joke, jump, leap, mischief, monkeyshines, practical joke, prank, put on*, revel, rib, rollick, shenanigan, sport, stunt, tomfoolery*, trick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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