skipping-rope

British  

noun

1. a cord, usually having handles at each end, that is held in the hands and swung round and down so that the holder or others can jump over it

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

skipping-rope

But I insisted, and so the thumping twangy bass noise resumed, and over it, a light baritone chanting in Caribbean patois to the rhythms of a nursery rhyme, or a playground skipping-rope jingle.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

“Now for Taygete. She likes dancing. Don’t you think, Jane, a skipping-rope would be just the thing for her? You’ll tie them carefully, won’t you?” she said to the Assistant.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers

A Beethoven, when it comes to pictures, may find something very taking in a daub representing a plump child with a skipping-rope, and the legend: 'See me jump!'

From Horace Chase by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

Albret was tripping over a skipping-rope; Gironne puffed at a spinning windmill; Choisy played on a bagpipes, and Montaubert on a flute.

From The Duke's Motto A Melodrama by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

He had a skipping-rope in his hand and was looking fixedly at the child.

From Marguerite by May, J. Lewis (James Lewis)