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jump-up

(Performing Arts / Dancing) (in the Caribbean) an occasion of mass dancing and merrymaking, as in a carnival

vb jump up (intr, adverb)

1. to stand up quickly and suddenly

2. (Performing Arts / Dancing) (in the Caribbean) to take part in a jump-up

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