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jumpup en · NOUN

Etymology

From the phrase jump up.

Meanings

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:

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