jumpup

plural jumpups

1. AustraliaslangA road path or track ascending or descending a hill or range.
2. slangA van-dragger; a thief who takes part in van-dragging.

   Charlotte jump-ups are more imaginative. There is "Red Light" Smith, a timid thief who pulled a respectable burglary some years back, but was caught when he stopped for a red light in making his getaway.

   2002, Charles Kuralt, Ralph Grizzle, Charles Kuralt's People, page 322

3. slangAn instance of van-dragging.

   Usual petty-theft beginnings. Graduated to the bigger stuff - jump-ups, blaggings. Eventually controlled a few similar types down east somewhere.

   1980, Anthony Heal, Man in the Middle, page 64