Alternative forms

• jump on someone's bones

Pronunciation

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Verb

jump someone's bones (third-person singular simple present jumps someone's bones, present participle jumping someone's bones, simple past and past participle jumped someone's bones)Category:English lemmas#JUMPSOMEONESBONESCategory:English verbs#JUMPSOMEONESBONESCategory:English multiword terms#JUMPSOMEONESBONESCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JUMPSOMEONESBONESCategory:Pages with entries#JUMP%20SOMEONE'S%20BONESCategory:Pages with 1 entry#JUMP%20SOMEONE'S%20BONES

1. (idiomaticCategory:English idioms#JUMPSOMEONESBONES, slangCategory:English slang#JUMPSOMEONESBONES) To have sex with someone; to initiate the physical move.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulate with

   • 1989, Clifton D. Bryant, Deviant Behavior‎, →ISBN, page 337:

     “He’ll jump my bones in bed,” one fat woman explained to us about her current lover, “but he won’t take me out in public. At least the sex is great!”

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   • 2004, Emma Holly, Strange Attractions‎, →ISBN, page 265:

     His bruises from the fight did funny things to her womanly instincts. She couldn't decide whether to say “poor baby” or jump his bones.

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   • 2007, Deborah MacGillivray, Riding the Thunder‎, →ISBN, page 153:

     “This night is going to be hard enough—no pun intended there—so I better back up before you jump my bones and I can’t fight you off.”
     “You arrogant ... Ooooh ... me jump your bones?” Asha fussed.

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   • 2010, Jennifer Egan, “Out of Body”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:

     ‘So … I tell you I used to torture kitty cats, and that stops you from wanting to jump my bones?’

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2. (slangCategory:English slang#JUMPSOMEONESBONES, uncommonCategory:English terms with uncommon senses#JUMPSOMEONESBONES) To attack someone suddenly.

Further reading

• “jump (on) someone’s bones v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.