# jump in
## English
### Etymology

For the US slang sense, compare jump (“attack suddenly and violently”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /d͡ʒʌmp ˈɪn/

### Verb

jump in (third-person singular simple present jumps in, present participle jumping in, simple past and past participle jumped in)
* To enter something quickly, usually a mode of transport.
    I jumped in the car, and we sped off to the meeting.
* To join in on an activity quickly.
* To interrupt someone while they are speaking.
* (US slang) To initiate into an organization, usually a gang, with violence.
    Antonym: jump out
** 1996, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Phil Beauman, 53:46 from the start, in Paris Barclay, director, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, spoken by Toothpick and Al Dog (Darrel Heath and Alex Thomas):[Toothpick:] Been hanging with the homies in the hood for a while now / [Al Dog:] 'Bout time we jump your punk ass in / [Toothpick:] That's right. Let me tell you something in this world if you can't swim / [Al Dog:] You bound to drizzown / [Toothpick:] Yeah, and if you fall you better pick your punk ass up / [Al Dog:] That's right / [Toothpick, turning to the rest of the gang:] And the rest of y'all don't cut him no slack. Y'all fools get busy [they precede to a game of jump rope with the young man Toothpick and Al Dog were talking to jumping]
** 2018, Katie Galloway, 25:31 from the start, in Katie Galloway, director, The Pushouts (DVD), spoken by self (Victor Rios), Curious Matters; Cam Bay Productions:His [my cousin's] uncle was already in the gang. […] So, we go up to the guys, we didn't even know how to ask, kinda like "Hey, uh, can we get jumped in?" And they're like, "Yeah, come on." And all I remember is I landed on the ground and he [one of the gang members] got on top of me and boom! I blanked out.
** 2021 August 23, Bobby Wilson, Tommy Pico, “What About Your Dad”, in Sydney Freeland, director, Reservation Dogs, season 1, episode 4 (television production), spoken by Jackie and Elora Danan Postoak (Elva Guerra and Devery Jacobs), via FX Network:[Jackie:] Look, I know you're saving up money to go to California, but I know those kids ain't as serious as you. So when you get tired of them, I'll be able to let you into our group. I mean, we'd probably have to jump you in or something, but... / [Elora:] You just ganged up on my friend. What makes you think I'm just gonna jump ship?
* Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see jump,‎ in.
** 1976, J. R. Linn, Dorothy Donaldson, Anne Saunders, Mabel Bruce, Jean Ellis, Janet Trischuk, Magic Letters, revised edition, Toronto, Ont.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Limited, →ISBN, page 78:Cathy led the pig down to the pen. “Don’t jump in the mud,” she said. But a pig is a pig. It jumped in the mud.
** 1996, Stephen Fry, “Making Friends: The History Muse”, in Making History, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 32:From the way you skip and jump in the air when excited.
** 2010, Kathy Ermler, Joella H. Mehrhof, Joan Carley-Brewer, Bob FitzPatrick, Flash Fitness & the Incredible Physical Activites: A Super-Hero Approach to Meeting the National Physical Education Standards in Grades K-5, Sewickley, Pa.: National Association for Sport and Physical Education, →ISBN, page 110:Place the hoop on the floor. Jump in the hoop, bring the hoop overhead, and place the hoop on floor again.
* (slang, dated) To ambush (someone).

#### Synonyms

* (initiate into an organization): haze