JUMP FOR JOY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jump for joy mean? 

• JUMP FOR JOY (verb)
  The verb JUMP FOR JOY has 1 sense:

1. feel extreme happiness or elation

  Familiarity information: JUMP FOR JOY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUMP FOR JOY (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feel extreme happiness or elation

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

be on cloud nine; exult; jump for joy; walk on air

Hypernyms (to "jump for joy" is one way to...):

joy; rejoice (feel happiness or joy)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jump for joy"):

rejoice; triumph; wallow (be ecstatic with joy)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue jump for joy
Sam and Sue jump for joy over the results of the experiment

 Context examples 

The biggest moment for you will come at the new moon solar eclipse December 25/26 (depending on your location), when sudden, happy news that comes from out of left field will make you jump for joy.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)