Puddle-jump
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of puddle jump.; A short airplane flight attributive, usually
"We've waited longer than that for space for a puddle-jump in the U. S."
- 2 Alternative form of puddle jump.; A short trip by boat. attributive, usually
"It was no puddle-jump to the next harbor — the water route curved north and west around a peninsula of land marked Punta Eugenia."
- 3 Alternative form of puddle jump.; A small difference. attributive, usually
"Many baseball players have openly used androstenedione, a muscle-building compound that major league baseball hasn't banned even though it's merely a molecular puddle-jump from anabolic steroids."
- 1 Alternative form of puddle jump.; To take a short flight.
"Or suppose at that early hour he'd been forced to fly into Chicago; would he puddle-jump in on a commuter flight or rent a car for the four-hour drive?"
- 2 Alternative form of puddle jump.; To jump over or into puddles.
"God wades through the oceans (Job 38:16) like a schoolboy might puddle-jump in his rubber boots while the stars sing at the sunrise of a new day (Job 38:7)."
- 3 Alternative form of puddle jump.; To take a short trip by boat
"Since we normally puddle-jump close inshore, what is needed is one that puts out a nice narrow pencil of ultrasonic energy ahead."
- 4 Alternative form of puddle jump.; To move a small distance; to go from one small thing to another.
"Without a clear set of objectives and a plan for achieving them, you can only puddle-jump from one task to another, leaving lots of things half finished."
Example
More examples"We've waited longer than that for space for a puddle-jump in the U. S."
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