jump scare

== English == === Alternative forms === jump-scare, jumpscare === Pronunciation === === Noun === jump scare (plural jump scares) (narratology, film, television, video games) A sudden, unexpected and startling event in media designed to frighten the audience. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:jump scare. (figuratively, humorous, by extension) The sudden arrival or advent of something unpleasant. (figuratively) A fright caused by this. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === jump scare (third-person singular simple present jump scares, present participle jump scaring, simple past and past participle jump scared) (transitive, film, television, video games) To frighten (an audience) by means of something that happens suddenly without warning. ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== jump scare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === From English jump scare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dʒœm(p) skɛʁ/ === Noun === jump scare m (plural jump scares) (film) jump scare