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shark-jumping

shark-jumping adjective: becoming unbelievable or disappointing due to plot developments.

Adjective

shark-jumping (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Becoming unbelievable or disappointing due to plot developments.
    • Christian Lander (2008), Stuff White People Like, →ISBN, page 171: “But if you must declare a shark-jumping moment, the best bet is to say that the show jumped between the two “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” episodes.”
    • To me this dinner, with its tasting notes and the rest, seemed like the dernier cri in shark-jumping foodie bullshit.2012 April 20, Oliver Thring, “Me and my spoon”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), The Guardian

Origin of shark-jumping

From shark + jumping, from jump the shark.

Questions about shark-jumping

What does shark-jumping mean?
Shark-jumping means becoming unbelievable or disappointing due to plot developments.
What part of speech is shark-jumping?
Shark-jumping is an adjective.

Words near shark-jumping in the dictionary

  1. shark-fins
  2. shark-flesh
  3. shark-gull
  4. shark-gulls
  5. shark-infested
  6. shark-jumping
  7. sharka
  8. sharkbite
  9. sharkdom
  10. sharke
  11. sharked

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