5 letter words starting with jum

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got a few plausible five letter words starting with jum.

• JUMAR
• JUMBO
• JUMBY
• JUMPS
• JUMPY

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:

Definition of jumar

jumar (noun)

1. A device, used to clip on a rope, that tightens when weight is applied, thus allowing the rope to be climbed.

jumar (verb)

1. To climb using this device.

Definition of jumbo

jumbo (noun)

1. An especially large or powerful person, animal, or thing.
2. A platform-mounted machine for drilling rock.

jumbo (adjective)

1. Especially large or powerful.

jumbo (noun)

1. Short for mumbo jumbo.

Definition of jumps

jumps (noun)

1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
2. An effort; an attempt; a venture.
3. A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
4. An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
5. An instance of propelling oneself upwards.
6. An object which causes one to jump, a ramp.
7. An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
8. An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
9. An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
10. A jumping move in a board game.
11. A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) used to make a video game character jump (propel itself upwards).
12. An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
13. (with on) An early start or an advantage.
14. A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.
15. An instance of faster-than-light travel, not observable from ordinary space.
16. A change of the path of execution to a different location.
17. Short for jump-start.

jumps (verb)

1. To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
2. To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
3. To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.
4. To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
5. To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
6. To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
7. 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.
8. To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
9. To attack suddenly and violently.
10. To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
11. To cause to jump.
12. To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
13. To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
14. To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
15. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
16. (smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
17. To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
18. (quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
19. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.
20. To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
21. To flee; to make one's escape.

jumps (noun)

1. A kind of loose jacket for men.

jumps (noun)

1. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

jumps (noun)

1. An occasion when a performer or team of them (especially in vaudeville) expects to perform at a theater for a single evening.
2. A single sexual encounter between two individuals, where at least one of the partners has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship. As the phrase implies, the relationship lasts for only one night.
3. Either of the two partners involved in such a single sexual encounter.

Definition of jumpy

jumpy (adjective)

1. Nervous and excited.