jumped, ppl. a.
(dʒʌmpt)
[f. jump v. + -ed1.]
a. Made to jump; cooked (as potatoes, etc.) in a frying-pan in which they are shaken from time to time (= F. sauté).
| 1871 Standard 24 Jan., I dined this evening on jumped liver. 1895 G. F. Browne Off the Mill 131 We regaled ourselves on larded beef, jumped potatoes, rum and cherries. |
b. jumped-up: that has newly or suddenly risen in status or importance (often with an implication of conceit or arrogance). Also transf.
| 1835 ‘T. Treddlehoyle’ Bairnsla Ann. 35 (E.D.D.), A bit ov a jumpt up dress-macker, wot reckans ta be t' biggest beauty it taan. 1867 E. Waugh Tufts of Heather 23 What a stark, starin', jumped-up foo aw wur to send tho up theer! 1895 Punch 24 Aug. 93 You jumped-up, cheap, Coventry bagman. 1919 J. C. Snaith Love Lane xxxiv. 189 Democracy. Between you and me, Gert, it's mainly a name for a lot of jumped-up ignoramuses. 1934 J. B. Priestley Eng. Journey 380 It has flourished as the big city in the minds of men for generations. It is no mere jumped-up conglomeration of factories, warehouses and dormitories. 1942 L. A. G. Strong Slocombe Dies xxvii. 127 The better class despise me as a jumped-up chap with too good a conceit of himself. 1972 J. Wilson Hide & Seek i. 19 That jumped-up tarty little madam who couldn't even keep her own husband. 1973 J. Wainwright Pride of Pigs 177 He didn't like being talked to..as if he was some moss-green recruit..by a jumped-up C.I.D. clown from headquarters. |