Animate and Jumping

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Animate adjective - Having much high-spirited energy and movement.

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Jumping and animate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Jumping" instead an adjective "Animate".

Jumping noun - The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground.

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Animate and jumping are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Animate" instead an adjective "Jumping".

Nearby Words: jump, jumpy, jumped, jumper

Superman flies because the Fleischer cartoons found it easier to animate flight than jumping.

Source: Ret Canon
Superman gained his trademark ability of flight in The New Adventures of Superman because they didn't want to have to animate him running and jumping to get around, and even when they did, it looked kinda silly seeing him bounce all over the place.

Source: Coconut Superpowers

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