jumpscare

See also: jump-scare and jump scare

English

Etymology

From jump +‎ scare.

Noun

jumpscare (plural jumpscares)

  1. Alternative form of jump scare.
    • 2011 January 27, [ste parker], “Re: BA Alan Wake”, in uk.games.video.misc‎[1] (Usenet):
      I sit shaking in fear and shock from the horrible jumpscare.
    • 2011, Justin Mancini, "'Paranormal Activity 3' delivers more of the same scares", The Signal (College of New Jersey), Volume 135, Number 8, 20 October 2011, page 21:
      Do you like jumpscares? Well then, here's your movie!
    • 2013, Patrick Shanahan, "Insidious Chapter 2 Falls Flat", The Record (Saint Louis Priory School), Volume 44, Issue 5, 27 September 2013, page 6:
      It seemed that for every legitimate moment of tension and terror caused by Wan's brilliant style of camerawork (of which there surprisingly weren't many), there was a cheap jumpscare that just made you think: “Did they really just do that to me?”

Verb

jumpscare (third-person singular simple present jumpscares, present participle jumpscaring, simple past and past participle jumpscared)

  1. Alternative form of jump scare.

Spanish

Etymology

From English jump scare.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈʝumbskeɾ/ [ˈɟ͡ʝũmbs.keɾ] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃumbskeɾ/ [ˈʃũmbs.keɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʒumbskeɾ/ [ˈʒũmbs.keɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

    • Rhymes: -umbskeɾ
 
  • IPA(key): /ˈʝombskeɾ/ [ˈɟ͡ʝõmbs.keɾ] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃombskeɾ/ [ˈʃõmbs.keɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʒombskeɾ/ [ˈʒõmbs.keɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

    • Rhymes: -ombskeɾ
  • Syllabification: jumps‧care

Noun

jumpscare m or f (plural jumpscares)

  1. (film) jump scare
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