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jumps the rattler

jumps the rattler is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jump the rattler.

Meaning of jump the rattler

Verb

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

  1. (Australia, slang) To travel on a train without paying the fare.
    • Four times he jumped the rattler, his knuckles bleeding from punching walls.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 269

Questions about jumps the rattler

What is jumps the rattler the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Jumps the rattler is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jump the rattler.

Words near jumps the rattler in the dictionary

  1. jumps someone's bones
  2. jumps the dock
  3. jumps the gun
  4. jumps the line
  5. jumps the queue
  6. jumps the rattler
  7. jumps the reservation
  8. jumps the shark
  9. jumps through hoops
  10. jumps to
  11. jumps to conclusions

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