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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)play

  Familiarity information: JUMPING UP AND DOWN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JUMPING UP AND DOWN (noun)


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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