puddle-jumpとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

puddle-jump (三人称単数 現在形 puddle-jumps, 現在分詞 puddle-jumping, 過去形および過去分詞形 puddle-jumped)

1. Alternative form of puddle jump
   1. To take a short flight.
      • 1984, Tony Chiu, Realm Seven, page 117:

        Or suppose at that early hour he'd been forced to fly into Chicago; would he puddle-jump in on a commuter flight or rent a car for the four-hour drive?

      • 1993, Harvard Business School Bulletin - Volume 69, page 40:

        Is there any chance you all can puddle-jump to the reunion?

   2. To jump over or into puddles.
      • 2016, David J. Lynden, Fluid with God, →ISBN:

        God wades through the oceans (Job 38:16) like a schoolboy might puddle-jump in his rubber boots while the stars sing at the sunrise of a new day (Job 38:7).

   3. To take a short trip by boat
      • 1952, Electronics - Volume 25, page 97:

        Since we normally puddle-jump close inshore, what is needed is one that puts out a nice narrow pencil of ultrasonic energy ahead.

      • 1966, MotorBoating - Sep 1966, page 16:

        That you can handle a small runabout is no indication you can skipper a twin-screw yacht; that you can puddle-jump on bay is no indication you can run an inlet.

   4. To move a small distance; to go from one small thing to another.
      • 1993, Pat Roessle Materka, Time in, time out, time enough: a time management guide for women:

        Without a clear set of objectives and a plan for achieving them, you can only puddle-jump from one task to another, leaving lots of things half finished.