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Jump in Webster's 1913 dictionary

The 1913 record labels jump as noun. Its source-bounded etymology and selected historical definition appear below.

WEBSTER 1913noun
Jump

[Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf. juppon.]

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Cross-verified 1913 record
Headwordjump
Part of speechnoun
Historical etymology[Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf. juppon.]
Selected historical definitionA kind of loose jacket for men.
Signed record IDwebster1913-jump-noun-8a14868b4bd2
Source locatorCIDE.J, paragraph 1711; Gutenberg eBook 664
Edition-scoped answerNot earliest-attestation proofNot modern consensus
Independent historical textProject Gutenberg section 664Signed structural record sourceGNU GCIDE 0.54 archive
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In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), "jump" is labeled noun. Its etymology is recorded as: "[Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf. juppon.]" The selected historical definition says: "A kind of loose jacket for men."

Project Gutenberg Webster 1913 plus signed GNU GCIDE 0.54 Exact cross-verified historical record reviewed 2026-10-04

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