different between jumpcut vs jumpout

English

Noun

jumpcut (plural jumpcuts)

1. Alternative spelling of jump cut

English

Etymology

From jump +? out.

Pronunciation

Noun

jumpout (plural jumpouts)

1. A separation from a groove, track, etc., that otherwise constrains motion.
   • 1995, John E. Costa, Natural and Anthropogenic Influences in Fluvial Geomorphology: The Wolman volume, page 210,

     Encroachment into potential flood avenues resulted in jumpouts, flooding, and extensive siltation.

2. A ramp or other construction that allows wildlife to exit safely from a freeway, highway, etc.
3. (Australia, horse racing) An unofficial trial race.
   • 2011, David Brasch, Peter Cook, Jockeying To The Top, unnumbered page,

     I did get to ride in a couple of barrier jumpouts, but even that was sprung on me. I was riding a horse towards the track when Murty said it was going for a jumpout, a sprint about 400 metres from the barriers down the home straight.

4. (US, slang) A plainclothes narcotics officer.
   • 1997, Leon Dash, Rosa Lee: A Mother and Her Family in Urban America, page 33,

     “Well, I figured if the jumpouts came they wouldn?t search her,” says Rosa Lee. “They?d search me but they wouldn?t find nothing.”

Related terms

• jump out

Anagrams

• outjump