jump
n.— «It’s called jump, and in hockey parlance it means intensity born of desperation. It’s a survival instinct, a reflex, a spirited display of pure and utter want-to.» —“Sharks float when they should jump” by Gary Peterson Mercury News (San Jose, California) May 12, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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