the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump

the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground

seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble

wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed

a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole)

plaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling strings

any of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouches; of woodlands of Eurasia and North America

orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected

small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices

seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble

jumping in one spot (as in excitement)

a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched

a beginning from which an enterprise is launched