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Definition of Skipping rope
1. Noun. A length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it.
Definition of Skipping rope
1. Noun. An item for play or physical exercise consisting of a length of rope with a handle attached to each end, intended to be swung over and under a person jumping in a continual rhythm. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of skip rope) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skipping Rope
Literary usage of Skipping rope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson: Poet Laureate, Etc by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1866)
"... But in a tongue no man could understand: And on the glimmering limit far
withdrawn God made himself an awful rose of dawn. power; THE SKIPPING-ROPE. ..."
2. The Girl's Own Book. by Lydia Maria Francis Child (1835)
"skipping rope. THIS play should likewise be used with caution. It is a healthy
exercise, and tends to make the form graceful; but it should be used with ..."
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