jump for joy meaning

Definition of jump for joy

1. feel extreme happiness or elation

   Synonyms: exult, walk on air, be on cloud nine

   Type of: rejoice

   Kinds: wallow

jump for joy in a sentence

• He could not help jumping for joy at the good news.
• She jumped for joy the moment she heard the news.
• On hearing the news of the birth of his first child, he jumped for joy.
• James and Amanda held hands and jumped for joy together.
• James started jumping for joy like a kid again.

How to pronounce jump for joy

jump for joy is pronounced /dʒʌmp fə dʒɔɪ/ in British English and /dʒʌmp fɔr dʒɔɪ/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.