Meaning of jumpout | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A separation from a groove, track, etc., that otherwise constrains motion.
2. A ramp or other construction that allows wildlife to exit safely from a freeway, highway, etc.
3. An unofficial trial race.
   Australia
4. A plainclothes narcotics officer.
   US, slang

Examples

“Encroachment into potential flood⟳ avenues resulted in jumpouts, flooding, and extensive siltation.”

“The few who attended Tuesday's important Lightning Stakes jumpouts at Flemington on Tuesday may have⟳ been put⟳ off by Swick's lethargic display.”

“I did get⟳ to ride⟳ in a couple of barrier jumpouts, but even that was sprung on me. I was riding a horse towards the track when Murty said it was going for a jumpout, a sprint about 400 metres from the barriers down the home straight.”

““Well, I figured if the jumpouts came they wouldn′t search⟳ her,” says Rosa Lee. “They′d search⟳ me but they wouldn′t find⟳ nothing.””

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