skipping-rope

British

noun

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

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From tech which converts glasses into audio glasses, a smart skipping rope and a device which aims to help you feel calmer, BBC Click's Lara Lewington tests some of the latest gadgets.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2022

For sheer joy, he drew a girl skipping rope on a tenement roof with the great city rising behind her like an audience of the future.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2022

Bohdan spends time exercising with barbells and a skipping rope in a makeshift gym he has built in the trench that he has been posted at for the past several months.

From Reuters • Feb. 8, 2022

Some displays are more wintry than holiday-focused — penguins skipping rope, polar bears reeling in glowing orange fish — and others have a more local charm.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2020

“I had a skipping rope once,” I said when he returned.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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