Speakur

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jumping the shark

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
jump-ing the shark
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of jump the shark

Questions

What does jumping the shark mean?
present participle and gerund of jump the shark

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