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jump-up

noun

  1. (in the Caribbean) an occasion of mass dancing and merrymaking, as in a carnival
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to stand up quickly and suddenly
  2. (in the Caribbean) to take part in a jump-up
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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These are solid, stable jobs, but they don’t enable the kind of jump-up in socioeconomic status that my family experienced many decades ago.

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A New York City police officer was shot in the ankle and five people were stabbed early Saturday when a large brawl involving as many as 100 people erupted at what officials described as an illegal “jump-up” party in the Bronx.

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Rizzla’s EP is built around knife-edge pauses and jump-up beats, with desultory BPMs pitted against 90s house samples.

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Advertisement The Police Department tracks social media discussion of so-called jump-up parties and other big gatherings around the city, focusing on those with D.J.s and cover charges that can range from $5 to $50, or where gang members are believed to be in attendance.

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Officers in the 47th Precinct call it the “Jump-Up Car.”

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