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jumping salty

jumping salty is the present participle and gerund of jump salty.

Meaning of jump salty

Verb

jump salty (third-person singular simple present jumps salty, present participle jumping salty, simple past and past participle jumped salty)

  1. (idiomatic, African-American Vernacular) To become angry.
    • I will have to jump salty
      Lord, 'cause it went against my rules
      Now, if you think that he liked it
      Hoo-well, you just a black-eyed fool1940s, Washboard Sam, "My Feet Jumped Salty" (song)

Questions about jumping salty

What is jumping salty the present participle and gerund of?
Jumping salty is the present participle and gerund of jump salty.

Words near jumping salty in the dictionary

  1. jumping plant lice
  2. jumping plant louse
  3. jumping rope
  4. jumping salad
  5. jumping salads
  6. jumping salty
  7. jumping ship
  8. jumping shrew
  9. jumping shrews
  10. jumping someone's bones
  11. jumping spider

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