smoke-jumpv.

Etymology: < smoke n. + jump v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsmoke-jump.

North American.

To jump by parachute from an aircraft, in order to extinguish a forest fire. Chiefly as vbl. n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > parachute [verb (intransitive)] > to extinguish forest fire

smoke-jump1942

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > become extinguished [verb (intransitive)] > parachute to fight fire

smoke-jump1942

1942 Fire Control Notes VI. 95 Parachute smoke jumping..has proved according to all reports, that such a method of attack on small fires is practical.

1949 Amer. Forests Oct. 18/3 Smoke jumping is a hazardous occupation.

1958 Amer. Speech 33 180 Smokejumping and the verb to smokejump appear frequently in newspapers.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 11 July 1- d/4 As the blaze spread Friday, the state forestry agency supplied forces, and Missoula sent in two smoke-jumping crews by bus totaling about 40 men.

Derivatives

ˈsmoke-jumper n. a forest-fire fighter who arrives by parachute.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > parachutist > fire-fighter

smoke-jumper1940

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > fireman > specific

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1940 Sci. Amer. Feb. 97/3 These experiments have proved entirely successful and the ‘smoke jumpers’ will be of inestimable value in preserving our forests.

1956 R. T. Peterson & J. Fisher Wild Amer. xxxi. 337 Fires are spotted and fought while they are still small. ‘Smoke jumpers’ parachute from planes to fires in the roadless back country.

1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. a 10/3 The lone survivor..was pulled from the wreckage by smoke jumpers called in to fight a small forest fire touched off by the crash.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	smoke-jump
释义	smoke-jumpv. Etymology: < smoke n. + jump v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsmoke-jump. North American. To jump by parachute from an aircraft, in order to extinguish a forest fire. Chiefly as vbl. n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > parachute [verb (intransitive)] > to extinguish forest fire smoke-jump1942 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > become extinguished [verb (intransitive)] > parachute to fight fire smoke-jump1942 1942 Fire Control Notes VI. 95 Parachute smoke jumping..has proved according to all reports, that such a method of attack on small fires is practical. 1949 Amer. Forests Oct. 18/3 Smoke jumping is a hazardous occupation. 1958 Amer. Speech 33 180 Smokejumping and the verb to smokejump appear frequently in newspapers. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 11 July 1- d/4 As the blaze spread Friday, the state forestry agency supplied forces, and Missoula sent in two smoke-jumping crews by bus totaling about 40 men. Derivatives ˈsmoke-jumper n. a forest-fire fighter who arrives by parachute. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > parachutist > fire-fighter smoke-jumper1940 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > fireman > specific bitterc1467 engineman1724 pipeman1763 vamp1877 nozzle man1885 pumper1912 smoke-jumper1940 tillerman1968 first responder1975 1940 Sci. Amer. Feb. 97/3 These experiments have proved entirely successful and the ‘smoke jumpers’ will be of inestimable value in preserving our forests. 1956 R. T. Peterson & J. Fisher Wild Amer. xxxi. 337 Fires are spotted and fought while they are still small. ‘Smoke jumpers’ parachute from planes to fires in the roadless back country. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. a 10/3 The lone survivor..was pulled from the wreckage by smoke jumpers called in to fight a small forest fire touched off by the crash. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1940
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