单词 | yump |
释义 | yumpv. slang. intransitive. Of a rally car or its driver: to leave the ground while taking a crest at speed. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > move or go along [verb (intransitive)] > leave ground going over crest yump1968 1968 Sun 12 Nov. 8/4 While the world sleeps, they [sc. rally drivers] ‘yump’ and ‘wrong slot’ and sometimes have the misfortune to ‘roll’. Derivatives yump n. an instance of ‘yumping’ (see also quot. 1980). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [noun] > leaving ground when taking a crest yumping1962 yump1975 1975 Country Life 4 Dec. 1529/2 Clark had an enormous ‘yump’ (Swedish rally parlance for a car leaving the ground and hurtling for some distance before landing heavily). 1980 Sunday Express 24 Aug. 23 (advt.) Yump: Rally jargon for a sharp crest in the road, which causes a car to take off at speed. ˈyumping n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [noun] > leaving ground when taking a crest yumping1962 yump1975 1962 Motoring News 22 Nov. 7 (caption) ‘Yumping’, a pastime dear to Scandinavian rallyists, was seen practised to the full for the first time in this country during the R.A.C. Rally. 1968 Sun 12 Nov. 8/5 Yumping happens..when cars literally jump into the air. They take off when taking crests at speed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1962 |
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