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JUMPING UP AND DOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jumping up and down mean?
• JUMPING UP AND DOWN (noun)
The noun JUMPING UP AND DOWN has 1 sense:
1. jumping in one spot (as in excitement)
Familiarity information: JUMPING UP AND DOWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Jumping in one spot (as in excitement)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the wailing and jumping up and down exhausted him
Hypernyms ("jumping up and down" is a kind of...):
jump; jumping (the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground)
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