How to pronounce jump in American English

IPA /dʒʌmp/ Syllables 1 · juhmp Stress 1st syllable

JUHMP

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Americans pronounce jump as JUHMP (/dʒʌmp/). You'll hear it in sentences like "Just jump in" or "Just jump over the gentle giant hedge" — more examples below.

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Every sound in "jump".

1 syllable, 4 sounds. Explore each sound's mouth shape and how it's made.

j/dʒ/

Touch the front of your tongue to the roof of your mouth, then release into a 'zh' position. Add vocal cord vibration.

uh/ʌ/

Relax your lips, jaw, and tongue completely. Drop your jaw slightly and keep the tongue neutral.

m/m/

Press your lips together. Air flows through your nose. Vocal cords vibrate.

p/p/

Press your lips together to stop the air, then release. No vocal cord vibration.

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"Just jump in."

JUHST JUHMP ihn

"The skater performed a triple axel jump perfectly."

dhuh SKAY·der per·FORMD uh TRIH·puhl AK·suhl JUHMP PUR·fuhkt·lee

"Just jump over the gentle giant hedge."

JUHST JUHMP OH·ver dhuh JEHN·tuhl JAHY·uhnt HEHJ

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Is the American pronunciation of "jump" different from British English?

American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "JUHMP" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.