on the jump
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Very busy; fully engaged in energetic activity; on the go.
Canadian usage; American usage; Dated; Informal
Example Sentences
- "Come on the jump. Bring the needful for first aid. It's a rifle shot through the lungs or heart or both."
- "Accordingly Sam Daniels was sent for and arrived on the jump."
- "Everybody was on the jump, and it was a furious crowd that went rushing down toward where the new shell had been laid, along the shore of the river, at a point where a little beach offered an ideal spot for launching."
- "My cavalry is on the jump all the time and in every direction, as you know from having seen several detachments, and I will do my utmost to carry out orders and wishes of the authorities."
- "Again she bemoans the inroad of interruptions, especially those of the "inexorable" telephone which keeps Polly on the jump."
- "There were many other jobs to be done during the day, for the traditional smartness of a packet was maintained only by keeping the crews constantly on the jump at times when, on an ordinary freighter, they might be taking life more easily."