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The one movement humans do purely to feel gravity say not yet.
means To push off the ground with your legs so that, briefly, your whole body leaves the earth.
from From Middle English 'jumpen,' which surfaced suddenly in the language around the 1500s with no clear ancestor in Old English — it's likely imitative, echoing the abrupt, bouncy sound of the action itself, and it's a cousin of similar sound-born words like 'bump' and 'thump.' Before 'jump,' English mostly made do with 'leap' and 'spring,' so this one arrived almost like its own verb come to life.
- flea power
- Fleas jump 200 times their own body length
- kangaroo trick
- Kangaroos cannot jump backward, ever
- human record
- Standing jump world record is under 2 meters
- brain reason
- Jumping triggers reflexes older than walking itself