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Definition of Jump rope

1. Noun. A length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it.

2. Noun. A child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope.

Definition of Jump rope

1. Noun. (also '''jump-roping''', '''jumping rope''') The activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants. Often used for athletic training and among schoolchildren. Variations involve speed, chants, varied rope and jumper movement patterns, multiple jumpers and/or multiple ropes. ¹

2. Noun. The length of rope, sometimes with handles, casing or other additions, used in that activity. ¹

3. Noun. (colloquial) A single jump in this game or activity, counted as a measure of achievement. ¹

4. Verb. (idiomatic) To repeatedly jump over a rope, the ends of which are held by the jumper or by two others, while the rope is swung under the feet and over the head of the jumper; to play the game of jump rope; to exercise by jumping rope. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jump Rope

jump drive jump drives jump flap jump for joy jump in jump in one's skin jump jet jump lead jump leads jump list

jump off jump on jump on the bandwagon jump out jump page jump rope (current term) jump roped jump ropes jump roping jump seat

jump seats jump ship jump shot jump shots jump suit jump the gun jump the lights jump the queue jump the shark

Literary usage of Jump rope

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. What to Do at Recess by George Ellsworth Johnson (1910)
"MISCELLANEOUS : Duck on the Rock (with bean bags); Rolly-Pooly; Spud; Dodge Ball, Corner Ball, Keep Ball; Grace Hoops ; Center Base ; jump rope ..."

2. Exercise in Education and Medicine by Robert Tait McKenzie (1915)
"For boys under thirteen, running, broad jumping, standing jumping, the hop, step, and jump, rope climbing, 50-yard dash, relay racing with a limit of 40 ..."

3. Word from Word Readers: Book One- by John Gilbert Thompson (1915)
""Take my jump-rope and go over and show Jack and Jill and Kate how well you can jump. ... She could not jump rope as well as they could. ..."

4. The Thompson Readers: Book One by John Gilbert Thompson, Inez Bigwood (1917)
""Take my jump-rope and go over and show Jack and Jill and Kate how well you can jump. ... She could not jump rope as well as they could. ..."

5. Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers Workby Debbie Diller by Debbie Diller (2003)
"Another idea is to highlight tongue twisters for a few weeks or turn the poetry station into a jump- rope-rhyme station temporarily, complete with jump-rope ..."

6. The Second Reading-book by Eben Harlow Davis (1889)
"Do you know how to jump rope, Ruth T " Oh, yes, indeed !" replied Ruth. " Come over to my house. ... They went home with Ruth and played jump-rope. ..."

7. The ... [first-fourth] Reading-book by Eben Harlow Davis (1889)
"Do you know how to jump rope, Ruth T' " Oh, yes, indeed!" replied Ruth. " Come over to my house. ... They went home with Ruth and played jump-rope. ..."

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