Meaning of jump in | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To enter something quickly, usually a mode of transport.
2. To join in on an activity quickly.
3. To interrupt someone while they are speaking.
4. To initiate into an organization, usually a gang, with violence.
   US, slang
5. To play a card that matches the top card in the discard pile out of turn.
6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see jump, in.
7. To ambush (someone).
   dated, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“I jumped in the car, and we sped off to the meeting.”

“[Toothpick:] Been hanging with the homies in the hood for a while now / [Al Dog:] 'Bout time we jump⟳ your punk ass in / [Toothpick:] That's right. Let⟳ me tell⟳ you something in this world if you can't swim⟳ / [Al Dog:] You bound to drizzown / [Toothpick:] Yeah, and if you fall⟳ you better pick⟳ your punk ass up / [Al Dog:] That's right / [Toothpick, turning to the rest⟳ of the gang:] And the rest⟳ of y'all don't cut⟳ him no slack. Y'all fools get⟳ busy [they precede to a game of jump⟳ rope with the young man Toothpick and Al Dog were talking to jumping]”

“His [my cousin's] uncle was already in the gang. […] So, we go up to the guys, we didn't even know⟳ how to ask⟳, kinda like⟳ "Hey, uh, can we get⟳ jumped in?" And they're like⟳, "Yeah, come⟳ on." And all I remember⟳ is I landed on the ground and he [one of the gang members] got on top of me and boom! I blanked out.”

“[Jackie:] Look⟳, I know⟳ you're saving up money to go to California, but I know⟳ those kids ain't as serious as you. So when you get⟳ tired of them, I'll be able to let⟳ you into our group. I mean⟳, we'd probably have⟳ to jump⟳ you in or something, but... / [Elora:] You just ganged up on my friend. What makes you think⟳ I'm just gonna jump⟳ ship?”

“With +2, you build⟳ on them /add⟳ them together in a similar way, but you can only jump⟳ in if you have⟳ the same color +2, OR if the player whose turn⟳ it is has a +2 of any color, he can play⟳ it, since it is his turn⟳ and he is not jumping in on anyone. […] The wilds can be jumped in on by any wild.”

“Cathy led the pig down to the pen. “Don’t jump⟳ in the mud,” she said. But a pig is a pig. It jumped in the mud.”

“From the way you skip⟳ and jump⟳ in the air when excited.”

“Place⟳ the hoop on the floor. Jump⟳ in the hoop, bring⟳ the hoop overhead, and place⟳ the hoop on floor again.”

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