different between dancing vs jumping

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?d??n.s??/, /?dæn.s??/
• Rhymes: -??ns??, -æns??

Noun

dancing (countable and uncountable, plural dancings)

1. The activity of taking part in a dance.
2. (historical) A dance club in France.
   • 2001, William A. Shack, Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great Wars

     New dancings pervaded the length and breadth of Montmartre in order to suit the taste of foreign patrons.

   • 2003, Jeffrey H. Jackson, Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris (page 44)

     Different dancings also attracted different crowds. Indeed, the diversity of dancers throughout the city makes drawing a detailed portrait of them difficult.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

dancing

1. present participle of dance

Italian

Etymology

From English.

Noun

dancing m (invariable)

1. dance hall

Spanish

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?dan?in/, [?d?ãn?.??n]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?dansin/, [?d?ãn.s?n]

Noun

dancing m (plural dancings)

1. dance hall

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??mp??/

Adjective

jumping (comparative more jumping, superlative most jumping)

1. (colloquial) Exuberantly active; in full swing.
   • 1998, Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out?

     When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)

     And everybody havin' a ball (Hah, ho, Yippie Yi Yo)

Verb

jumping

1. present participle of jump

Noun

jumping (plural jumpings)

1. The act of performing a jump.
   • 1871, John Tyndall, Heat Considered as a Mode of Motion (page 291)

     When the tuning-fork is brought over a resonant jar or bottle, the beats may be heard and the jumpings seen by a thousand people at once.

Further reading

• jumping on Wikiversity.Wikiversity

French

Etymology

from English jumping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?œ?.pi?/

Noun

jumping m (plural jumpings)

1. show jumping (equestrian discipline)
2. (sports and physical fitness) A form of movement in which a body propels itself through the air.

Further reading

• “jumping” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).