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jumpup

jumpup noun: a road path or track ascending or descending a hill or range.

Noun

jumpup (plural jumpups)

  1. (Australia, slang) A road path or track ascending or descending a hill or range.
  2. (slang) A van-dragger; a thief who takes part in van-dragging.
    • Charlotte jump-ups are more imaginative. There is "Red Light" Smith, a timid thief who pulled a respectable burglary some years back, but was caught when he stopped for a red light in making his getaway.2002, Charles Kuralt, Ralph Grizzle, Charles Kuralt's People, page 322
  3. (slang) An instance of van-dragging.
    • Usual petty-theft beginnings. Graduated to the bigger stuff - jump-ups, blaggings. Eventually controlled a few similar types down east somewhere.1980, Anthony Heal, Man in the Middle, page 64

Forms of jumpup

pluraljumpups

Origin of jumpup

From the phrase jump up.

Questions about jumpup

What does jumpup mean?
Jumpup means a road path or track ascending or descending a hill or range.
What part of speech is jumpup?
Jumpup is a noun.
What is the plural of jumpup?
The plural of jumpup is jumpups.

Words near jumpup in the dictionary

  1. jumpsters
  2. jumpstyle
  3. jumpsuit
  4. jumpsuited
  5. jumpsuits
  6. jumpup
  7. jumpups
  8. jumpy
  9. Jumu'a
  10. Jumu'ah
  11. Jumuah

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