jump someone's bones

verb

To have sex with someone; to initiate the physical move.

Meanings

verbjump 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)

present singular third person jumps someone's bones · participle present jumping someone's bones · participle past jumped someone's bones · past jumped someone's bones · alternative jump on someone's bones

  1. idiomaticslangTo have sex with someone; to initiate the physical move.

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

    2010, Jennifer Egan, “Out of Body”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad
    3 more examples

    “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!”

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

    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.

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

    “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.

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

    Synonyms: Formal terms, bed, coit, coitize, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto

  2. slanguncommonTo attack someone suddenly.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

French sauter
  • sauterhave sex
German bespringen
  • bespringenhave sex
Italian saltare addosso, ingroppare
  • saltare addossohave sex
  • ingropparehave sex
  • montarehave sex
Polish ruchać, wyruchać
  • ruchaćhave sex
  • wyruchaćhave sex
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