jumped-up

[juhmpt-uhp]

adjective

Chiefly British.

1. having recently gained prominence or fame and appearing arrogant.

jumped-up

adjective

1. informal,  suddenly risen in significance, esp when appearing arrogant

Word History and Origins

Origin of jumped-up¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Those doofuses on YouTube, spinning out in their jumped-up Ford Mustangs?

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Regular soldiers looked down on General Hamdan and his paramilitaries as a motley crew — “a bunch of jumped-up yahoos from the sticks, not proper military men,” as one Western ambassador put it.

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In the trenches, boyhood crushes and childish rivalries are transformed into pointless braveries and deadly squabbles, love and hate wielded like bayonets in the hands of jumped-up children.

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He loathes these new “jumped-up bookshops that masquerade as art galleries with nice little walnut tables.”

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When associates of a leading minister refer to you as “that jumped-up oik”, you may sense you’re not winning friends in high places.

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