Sekirov Dictionary

jump scare

noun 3
verb 1
forms 4

noun3

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A sudden, unexpected and startling event in media designed to frighten the audience.
- They'd do something horrible, maybe kill off a few protagonists, and then make people sit around waiting for the next terrible thing to come along. They called it “setting up a jump scare.” — 2011
(humorous, figurative) The sudden arrival or advent of something unpleasant.
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(figurative) A fright caused by this.
- The loud knock at the door gave me a terrible jump scare.

verb1

To frighten (an audience) by means of something that happens suddenly without warning.

forms

jump scared · jump scaring · jump scares · jump-scares

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