pig-jumpn.
/ˈpɪɡdʒʌmp/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌdʒəmp/, Australian English /ˈpɪɡdʒʌmp/, New Zealand English /ˈpɪɡdʒʌmp/ Chiefly New Zealand and Australian.
A small jump made by a horse, mule, etc., from all four legs without bringing them together, esp. in an attempt to unseat the rider.
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buck-jump1861
pig-jump1910
1910 Times 23 Mar. 3/6 One of the mares made one or two jumps—not buck-jumps, but what he called pig-jumps—and went off the stage.
1943 ‘W. Hatfield’ I find Austral. iv. 52 Sending it [sc. a mule] away in a series of flying pig-jumps while Tim felt for his off stirrup.
2002 Nelson (N.Z.) Mail (Nexis) 2 Feb. 1 She bucked again and I lost my stirrup. Then one last pig-jump and I fell off on to the dog.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
pig-jumpv.
/ˈpɪɡdʒʌmp/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌdʒəmp/, Australian English /ˈpɪɡdʒʌmp/, New Zealand English /ˈpɪɡdʒʌmp/ Chiefly New Zealand and Australian.
intransitive. Of a horse, mule, etc.: to jump from all four legs without bringing them together, esp. in an attempt to unseat the rider.Generally used of behaviour more playful or frisky than bucking or buck-jumping.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > leap > pig-jump
pig-jump1866
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > leap or prance > pig-jump
pig-jump1866
1866 Illawarra (Austral.) Mercury 23 Nov. When defendant rode the horse it was pig-jumping about the streets.
1884 A. W. Stirling Never Never Land 190 She habitually rode a skittish pony..who used to buck, or, as she called it, pig jump for about five minutes after its mistress got seated.
1929 K. S. Prichard Coonardoo 51 Up and down it the colt went, slewing, rooting, pig-jumping.
1998 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 5 Oct. 29 We only work him on the beach, and he often pig-jumps when he is doing that.
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ˈpig-jumper n. now rare a horse, mule, etc., which pig-jumps.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > leap > pig-jump > that pig-jumps
pig-jumper1892
1892 Daily News 7 May 5/4 The vice of some of these pig~jumpers and buckers in the arena is very directly a matter of original sin.
1911 Washington Post 21 Apr. (Misc. section) 1/6 There are several kinds of bucking horses. The pig jumper is the most common.
1943 ‘W. Hatfield’ I find Austral. xvi. 213 We'll see what you can do on this pig-jumper of ours.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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