Definition of Jump seat

1. Noun. A folding seat in an automobile.

Generic synonyms: Seat

Definition of Jump seat

1. Noun. (colloquial) A spare seat in an aircraft cockpit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jump Seat

jump in
jump in one's skin
jump jet
jump lead
jump leads
jump list
jump off
jump on
jump on the bandwagon
jump out
jump page
jump rope
jump roped
jump ropes
jump roping
jump seat (current term)
jump seats
jump ship
jump shot
jump shots
jump suit
jump the gun
jump the lights
jump the queue
jump the shark
jump through hoops
jump to conclusions
jump up
jumpable

Literary usage of Jump seat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"Double jump seat carriage. 292 252 Mellinger jump seat Co., Harris- burg, Pa. ... jump seat and doctors' n>cka\v;iys. 242 259 McLear, Alfred, West Chester ..."

2. The Standard American Encyclopedia of Arts, Sciences, History, Biography by John Clark Ridpath (1897)
"A Jump-seat is a convenient 4-wheeled vehicle with a falling top, and so constructed that it can be Jump-seat, ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"He was driving in a jump-seat top buggy hitched to a single horse. ... The front or jump seat on the buggy was down, and the other scat in place over the ..."

4. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1906)
"He was driving in a jump-seat top buggy, hitched to a single horse. ... The front or jump-seat on the buggy was down, and the other seat in place over the ..."

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