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

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Example Sentences

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

When a storm distorts the jet stream, which is made of currents of fast-flowing air, it is a bit like yanking a long skipping rope at one end and seeing the ripples transferring along it.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2021

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

So is the princes’ Heads Together charity going to be looking into the possibility of encouraging young men to get down to the gym, pick up the skipping rope and master the non-touchy-feely art of pugilism?

From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2017

Right now, he and Marty are skipping rope with some coaxial cable.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson