jump someone's bones

English

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)

1. (idiomatic, slang) To have sex with someone.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulate with

   • 1989, Clifton D. Bryant, Deviant Behavior‎^[1], →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!”

   • 2004, Emma Holly, Strange Attractions‎^[2], →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.

   • 2007, Deborah MacGillivray, Riding the Thunder‎^[3], →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.

   • 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?’

Translations

have sex

• French: sauter (fr)
• German: bespringen (de)
• Italian: saltare addosso (it), ingroppare (it), montare (it)

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2024) “jump (on) someone’s bones v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang