jump rope
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noun
Also jump roping. a children's game or an exercise for children and adults in which a rope is swung over and under the standing jumper, who must leap over it each time it reaches the feet.
the rope used.
verb (used without object)
to play this game or do this exercise.
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Origin of jump rope
First recorded in 1795–1805
Also called skip rope.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for skipping-rope
Historical Examples of skipping-rope
And Maud put her skipping-rope into the brown paper, and laid it on the bench.
Golden MomentsAnonymous
The Puncher seized a skipping-rope and did marvellous things with it.
It was only because I had no right to come into the parlour with a skipping-rope.
The Crime of Sylvestre BonnardAnatole France
A lame puppy would not say “thank you” if you offered to lend it a skipping-rope.
Symbolic LogicLewis Carroll
He had a skipping-rope in his hand and was looking fixedly at the child.
MargueriteAnatole France
skipping-rope
noun
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