Meanings
present singular third person jumps for joy · participle present jumping for joy · participle past jumped for joy · past jumped for joy
- idiomaticTo 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 177Synonyms: leap for joy
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo exult, rejoice, or feel elation.
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Translations
French sauter de joie
- sauter de joieexult, rejoice
German vor Freude an die Decke springen
- vor Freude an die Decke springenexult, rejoice
Japanese 欣喜雀躍
- 欣喜雀躍 (kinkijakuyaku suru)exult, rejoice
Latin exsultō
- exsultōexult, rejoice
Russian плясать от радости
- плясать от радости (pljasatʹ ot radosti)exult, rejoice
Spanish saltar de alegría
- saltar de alegríaexult, rejoice
Tagalog umalabas
- umalabasexult, rejoice
Ukrainian стриба́ти від ра́дості
- стриба́ти від ра́дості (strybáty vid rádosti)exult, rejoice
Cite this entry
jump for joy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jump%20for%20joy
“jump for joy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jump%20for%20joy. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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