puddle-jumping

Verb

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

1. To take a short flight.
   • Or suppose at that early hour he'd been forced to fly into Chicago; would he puddle-jump in on a commuter flight or rent a car for the four-hour drive?1984, Tony Chiu, Realm Seven, page 117
2. To jump over or into puddles.
   • God wades through the oceans (Job 38:16) like a schoolboy might puddle-jump in his rubber boots while the stars sing at the sunrise of a new day (Job 38:7).2016, David J. Lynden, Fluid with God, →ISBN
3. To take a short trip by boat
   • Since we normally puddle-jump close inshore, what is needed is one that puts out a nice narrow pencil of ultrasonic energy ahead.1952, Electronics - Volume 25, page 97
4. To move a small distance; to go from one small thing to another.
   • Without a clear set of objectives and a plan for achieving them, you can only puddle-jump from one task to another, leaving lots of things half finished.1993, Pat Roessle Materka, Time in, time out, time enough: a time management guide for women

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