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verb

• to engage in sexual physical contact, usually intercourse. Also "jump".

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  
  Citation from "Pilot", Raines (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2007) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: sex or not-quite-sex (ambiguous terms).

  Last edited on Feb 11 2013. Submitted by Jackie Hasa from Moraga, CA, USA on Apr 26 1998.

verb

• to abandon.

  After the founder left, a lot of the employees jumped ship.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to go, leave, exit.

  Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

verb - intransitive

• when a TV series passes its peak. Once a show has "jumped the shark," the viewer senses a noticeable decline in quality or feels the show has undergone too many changes to retain its original charm.

  When Sanjaya was on American Idol, ticket sales went way down. I think the show has jumped the shark.

  The TV show jumped the shark once they got married.

  • See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.

  Last edited on Jan 21 2002. Submitted by dave p. from Chicago, IL, USA on Jan 21 2002.

notes

• The origin of this term is an episode of the television series Happy Days in which a character jumps over a shark while on water skis.

  Last edited on Jan 21 2002. Submitted by dave p. from Chicago, IL, USA on Jan 21 2002.