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- Practice the English pronunciation of jump scare with real speech in context.
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- (narratology) The technique, typically used in horror films and video games, of having something occur suddenly and without warning to frighten the audience.
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A Deep Dive Into “jump scare”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (narratology) The technique, typically used in horror films and video games, of having something occur suddenly and without warning to frighten the audience.
- (humorous, by extension) The sudden arrival or advent of something unpleasant.
- A fright caused by this.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To frighten (a film audience or video game player, etc.) by means of something that happens suddenly without warning.
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