jumping jack
Noun
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Noun
jumping jack (plural jumping jacks)
- A physical exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides.
- (dated) A toy figure of a person, with jointed limbs, that can be made to jump or dance by means of pulling attached strings.
- side-straddle hop
- star jump (Australia, UK)
- German: Hampelmann
- Portuguese: polichinelo
- Spanish: saltos
- German: Hampelmann
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