Jumping
7 lettersverbcommonUpdated February 2026
Definition
The present participle of 'jump', meaning to push oneself off a surface and into the air using leg muscles, or to move suddenly and quickly. It can also mean to skip over something or to increase suddenly.
“The children were jumping on the trampoline in the garden all afternoon.”
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Wordle
Contains -ING ending with J at the start; watch for the U-M-P consonant cluster
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Scrabble
Worth 20 points; the J (8 points) and P (3 points) add good value to the -ING ending
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