jump for joy en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To exult, rejoice, or feel elation.
The whole of England held its breath as [David] Beckham stepped back, looked up, paused, and, well, bent it like Beckham into the top corner. The nation's roofs lifted off. […] I too leapt into the air and jumped for joy when Beckham's shot hit the back of the net.
2002, John [Peter] Sugden, “Five Past One, September 2001”, in Scum Airways: Inside Football’s Underground Economy, Edinburgh; London: Mainstream Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 177:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jumps for joy | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| jumped for joy | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| jumped for joy | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| jumping for joy | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (8)
es saltar de alegría (exult, rejoice) · de vor Freude an die Decke springen (exult, rejoice) · fr sauter de joie (exult, rejoice) · ru плясать от радости (exult, rejoice) · ja 欣喜雀躍 (exult, rejoice) · la exsultō (exult, rejoice) · uk стриба́ти від ра́дості (exult, rejoice) · tl umalabas (exult, rejoice)