different between jumping vs flashing

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).

English

Etymology

(weatherproofing) From original flashing material of copper or aluminum that reflects flashes of sunlight.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?flæ???/
• Rhymes: -æ???

Noun

flashing (countable and uncountable, plural flashings)

1. A sudden blazing or bursting, as of fire or water.
2. (roofing) Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.
3. The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf.
4. The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor.

5. The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).
6. (jewellery) The use of rhodium plating to temporarily enhance a ring's durability and shine.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

flashing

1. present participle of flash

See also

• streaking
• blinking
• flash mob