"jump for joy" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-jump for joy.ogg Forms: jumps for joy [present, singular, third-person], jumping for joy [participle, present], jumped for joy [participle, past], jumped for joy [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} jump for joy (third-person singular simple present jumps for joy, present participle jumping for joy, simple past and past participle jumped for joy)
  1. (idiomatic) To exult, rejoice, or feel elation. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: leap for joy Translations (exult, rejoice): sauter de joie (French), vor Freude an die Decke springen (German), 欣喜雀躍 (kinkijakuyaku suru) (Japanese), exsultō (Latin), плясать от радости (pljasatʹ ot radosti) (Russian), saltar de alegría (Spanish), umalabas (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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