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Jumping The Dog

A slang idiom meaning to unintentionally or recklessly cause someone’s death; manslaughter. Often used in casual conversation as a figurative or euphemistic way to describe a fatal accident or negligent killing.
Example 1:
"I can’t believe what happened last night… the guy totally jumped the dog, and now he’s in serious trouble."

Example 2:
"They’re saying it was an accident, but it still counts as jumping the dog. Tragic."

Example 3:
"Man, I heard about that fight… someone really jumped the dog over there. Crazy."
by Entity_68 September 16, 2025
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Jump shot

The act of administering an injection using a syringe after jumping. It's a particularly effect method for administering vaccines and analgesics.
The dentist numbed my mouth using her jump shot technique. Scary but effective.
by Joe Nathan loves INOB April 4, 2024
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Jump Line (T)

The highest point of a jump, as recorded in traditional quadrobics— to measure how high the jump was. The jump line lies under the waist at midpoint. Jumps are measured at what height the person could theoretically jump over if their jump form allowed the hurdle to pass under the waist.
Jump line (T) is the point in a jump where your midpoint is.
by anonthermus November 21, 2025
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cottage jumping

where you go to the beach, wheel a bunch of girls..
take them back to your cottage.

and do.. yeah.

and then do the same thing the next day.
yeah, we went cottage jumping this summer.
by whootwhoot123 December 4, 2010
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Take The Jump

when someones says 'Take the jump' it means taking the jump off somewhere high, so it would result in suicidal death.
mike: "just take the jump sarah!"
sarah cries as she hops off the cliff and dies
by heartsformyself August 11, 2024
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Minnesota Jump Rope

The practice of two men pouring heat wax over eachothers foreskins and jumping to rip the foreskin off, this is an alternative way to quote "get circumcised"
Dude one: Bro have you heard Kyle and Shane did the Minnesota Jump Rope together?

Dude two: Crazy work.
by FSJK August 21, 2025
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jump-rope bitch

Someone who jumps somebody else's rope
"Yo Gordon is a jump-rope bitch."
by TheUncutPimp November 19, 2022
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