jump rope
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
jump rope (plural jump ropes)
- (uncountable) (also jump-roping, jumping rope) The activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants. Often used for athletic training and among schoolchildren. Variations involve speed, chants, varied rope and jumper movement patterns, multiple jumpers and/or multiple ropes.
- The length of rope, sometimes with handles, casing or other additions, used in that activity.
- (colloquial) A single jump in this game or activity, counted as a measure of achievement.
- 2001, Matt Groening, “The Cyber House Rules”, Futurama, season 3, episode 11, transcript
- SALLY: One time, I did a hundred jump ropes.
- 2001, Matt Groening, “The Cyber House Rules”, Futurama, season 3, episode 11, transcript
- (the game) skip rope
- (the rope) skipping rope
- (single jump) rope-jump
- French: saut à la corde
- German: Springseil, Sprungseil
- Portuguese: pula corda
- Russian: скака́лка
- French: saut à la corde
jump rope
- (idiomatic) To repeatedly jump over a rope, the ends of which are held by the jumper or by two others, while the rope is swung under the feet and over the head of the jumper; to play the game of jump rope; to exercise by jumping rope.
- French: sauter à la corde
- German: seilspringen, seilhüpfen
- Portuguese: pular corda
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