jump the shark

verbal locution

Compounds

Combines

Forms

  • simple present : jump the shark
  • simple present : jump a shark
  • simple present, singular, third person : jumps the shark
  • simple present, singular, third person : jumps a shark
  • simple past : jumped the shark
  • simple past : jumped a shark
  • present participle : jumping the shark
  • present participle : jumping a shark
  • past participle : jumped the shark
  • past participle : jumped a shark

Senses

  • do an absurd act that signals the decline in quality or sanity of a system or show