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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