Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In ceramics, the staining of the glaze on the under parts of pieces of ceramic ware: a potters' term. This effect is sometimes noticed on pieces decorated with flow-blue color.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. of jump, to leap.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
- n. the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
Examples
“IPO + privacy issues + your grandma joining + one redesign too many + general social-network fatigue = Fonzie on water-skis," he says, referring to the rather-desperate "Happy Days" episode that gave rise to the expression "jumping the shark.”
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“The term jumping on the bandwagon may have been attributed to PT Barnum who was attributed as saying "There's a sucker born every minute.”
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“Here's a quote from the wiki entry: The term jumping the shark alludes to a specific scene in a 1977 episode of the TV series Happy Days when the popular character Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli literally jumps over a shark while water skiing.”
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“A fall I had in jumping from the window of the Tuileries, the fatigue of a tramp of twelve leagues, and my painful reflections on the deplorable events which had just taken place, overcame me to such a degree that I had a very high fever.”
“Hence the term jumping the shark refers to the point in a series in which the writers do something ridiculous in order to pull in some ratings.”
“Now that's what I call jumping the shark (or in this case, the guppy).”
“SANCHEZ: That's what they call jumping in the boat, my friend.”
“I thought the incident was blackly funny, until I was reminded of the case of Rebekah Lawrence, a woman who committed suicide by jumping from the top of a Sydney office building after attending a “self-help” course that, as part of its program, included childhood regression sessions.”
“But for huge dog like Great Dane, jumping is certainly a big problem and can potentially result in injuries.”
“Three people, including a 7-year-old girl, managed to escape the Thursday shooting spree by jumping from a window, Assistant Chief Jim Pugel said at a news conference.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘jumping’.
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SPOR - Olympic glossary
weightlift, orbitale, figure skate, speed skate, synchronizer, equestrian sport, bobsleigh, starting block, diesis, ligne, piste, water ski and 521 more...
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AGRI - horse breeding
place bet, Przewalski's horse, piaffe, genus Claviceps, stadium jumping, draft animal, snaffle bit, noseband, equestrian sport, endurance riding, curb bit, dressage and 678 more...
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Beanfest
Beans!
borlotti, bean caper, chick pea, green, vanilla, adzuki, black, butter, climbing, jumping, string, fava and 10 more...
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Best words in Beatles songs
kaleidoscope, plasticine, porters, tangerine, marmalade, cellophane, turnstile, marshmallow, lingers, slither, restless, limitless and 91 more...
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A Myriad of Irii
Iris varieties.
abbondanza, abiqua falls, about town, above the clouds, acadian miss, acapulco gold, act of kindness, adoregon, aegean wind, afternoon in rio, aggressively forward, agua fresca and 721 more...
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Probe~ation
An obnoxious and ridiculous madlib list where verbish '-ing' words fill in the blank wherein the blank is a call for a beating.
For example:
"You're ________in' for a brus...searching, looking, hunting, seeking, questing, exploring, asking, inquiring, snooping, poking, probing, scouting and 262 more...
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Suicides
teenage, ritual, copycat, forced, mass, cult, internet, assisted, murder-suicide, suicide by cop, suicide attack, attempted and 17 more...
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Betty1984's Words
smurfs, dis, agility, jumping, sachertorte, vienna, johann strauss, schokolade, mademoiselle, nutella, nougat, blondie and 32 more...
Tweets
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kewpid The act which connects a front page article to a page deep within the recesses of a newspaper. Jun 30, 2008