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to jump each other's bones

to jump each other's bones

9.9
To have sex with someone because you really want them
  • idiom
  • Offensive
translation icon : echarse un polvo
  • After their romantic dinner, they rushed home to jump each other's bones.

Examples

  • Well, let's go somewhere and jump each other's bones.

    Hooper (1978)

  • Feeling attracted to each other at the party, they decided to jump each other's bones later that night.

  • They were so in love that they couldn't wait to jump each other's bones every chance they got.

Synonyms

to do it
vsto jump each other's bones
  • NSFW
999 9.8

To have sex with someone

conveys greater eagerness and enthusiastic desire rather than neutral phrasing
to sex
vsto jump each other's bones
  • NSFW
5 5.1

To have physical contact with someone for pleasure, usually in a casual way

is more about eager, enthusiastic desire rather than general neutral act
to have a go at it
vsto jump each other's bones
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To have sex with someone

expresses more direct strong desire and energetic sexual action
to roll in the hay
vsto jump each other's bones
  • NSFW
9.2

To have sex briefly in a casual way

is focused more on strong desire and intense enthusiasm

Antonyms

to abstain
18 5.0

To choose not to take something, often for health or religious reasons

How Sexual

to jump each other's bones
  • Offensive
9.9
to sleep together
  • NSFW
69 7.4
to hook up
  • NSFW
132 8.7
to make out
  • NSFW
130 8.1

Surface Forms

jump each other's bones infinitive
jumped each other's bones past
jumped each other's bones past participle
jumping each other's bones present participle
jumps each other's bones third person singular

Morphology

jump + each + other's + bones

The sexual sense of 'to have sex' is not predictable from the literal meanings of 'jump' (to leap/enter eagerly) and 'bones' (skeleton/body); a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would not reliably infer the idiomatic sexual meaning. This is informal, metaphorical slang where the connection between parts and overall sense is language-specific and non-compositional, so it is opaque.

Etymology

Jump each other's bones gives a strong picture: imagine two people so eager they seem to jump onto one another's bones (their bodies). That's why the phrase means 'to have sex with someone' with strong desire.