Definition of "jump in"

jump in

/d͡ʒʌmp ˈɪn/

verb
third-person singular simple present jumps in, present participle jumping in, simple past and past participle jumped in
1. To enter something quickly, usually a mode of transport.
2. To join in on an activity quickly.
3. To interrupt someone while they are speaking.
4. (US slang) To initiate into an organization, usually a gang, with violence.
  Quotations
  [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]
  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)
  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.
  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

Definition of "jump in"

jump in

verb

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