jumpscare

== English == === Etymology === From jump +‎ scare. === Noun === jumpscare (plural jumpscares) Alternative form of jump scare. 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) Alternative form of jump scare. == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English jump scare. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -umbskeɾ Rhymes: -ombskeɾ Syllabification: jumps‧care === Noun === jumpscare m or f (plural jumpscares) (film) jump scare