Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective British informal Upstart.
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- adjective idiomatic, pejorative Describes a person who thinks or acts as if he/she is
superior in some way that the speaker disagrees with. For instance, pretending to be of a higherclass or having greaterauthority than he/she has in reality.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (British informal) upstart
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Examples
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The connection between the Elders of Sodom and that jumped-up faction of pretenders was severed with the Albigensians.
Archive 2010-02-01 Hal Duncan 2010
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Sadly for the loveable moppet, her TV guzzling parents think she is just a jumped-up germ.
Matilda - review 2011
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He should find room to talk of Murali, one of cricket's great champions, and how after the horrific Boxing Day tsunami he made countless phone calls to borrow lorries and transport aid to the east, and also to argue vehemently with a jumped-up local politician or two when he suspected that the aid was not getting to where it was most sorely needed.
The speech that set free Sri Lanka cricket and glued a troubled nation | David Hopps 2011
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I know that the appearance of Shirley Novello will look different when I've gone through books and books of the women police officers being referred to as WPCs and treated like jumped-up chaperones, useful mostly for patting down and calming down women suspects than it did the first time, when I had "Ivor" for one of the characters right away.
mrissa: Spoilers! mrissa 2010
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In case it needs to be said, it takes more than one jumped-up Calgarian to establish a corporate state and build death camps.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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The connection between the Elders of Sodom and that jumped-up faction of pretenders was severed with the Albigensians.
Funny or Freaky? Hal Duncan 2010
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Her article let everyone know—not only his bosses but every jumped-up smack dealer on his patch—that there was a new not-to-be-fucked-with guy in town.
The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011
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"The French team are jumped-up, overpaid prima donnas," said actor Gavin O'Connor.
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“Do you know what that jumped-up country housewife has done?”
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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•True, it's a far cry from the nurturing spirit of the Neighborhood to the jumped-up cruelty of the opening rounds of American Idol (Fox, 8 ET/PT).
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