jump/skip rope

jump/skip rope
jump/skip rope
US : to jump over a rope that is being swung near the ground for exercise or as a game

He jumps rope to warm up before the game.

The kids are outside jumping rope.

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Main Entry:rope

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • skip rope — 1. verb To jump over a rope, both of whose ends are held by the jumper or by two others, while the rope is moved under the jumpers feet in a continual rhythm; to play the game of jump rope or exercise by jumping rope. Syn: jump rope 2. noun The… …   Wiktionary

  • skip rope — noun a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it • Syn: ↑jump rope, ↑skipping rope • Hypernyms: ↑rope …   Useful english dictionary

  • skip rope — phrasal to use a jump rope (as for exercise or a game) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • skip rope. — See jump rope. * * * …   Universalium

  • skip rope. — See jump rope …   Useful english dictionary

  • rope — I n. 1) to jump, skip rope 2) to ease up on; tighten a rope 3) a loose, slack; tight rope 4) a length; piece of rope 5) by a rope (to lower smt. by a rope) 6) (misc.) (boxing and fig.) on the ropes ( in a weak, vulnerable position ) II v. (colloq …   Combinatory dictionary

  • jump rope — noun 1. a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it • Syn: ↑skip rope, ↑skipping rope • Hypernyms: ↑rope 2. a child s game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • jump rope — 1. 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. 2. the rope used. 3. to play this game or do this… …   Universalium

  • jump rope — 1. noun /dʒʌmp/ /rəʊp/ a) (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… …   Wiktionary

  • skip — [[t]skɪ̱p[/t]] skips, skipping, skipped 1) VERB If you skip along, you move almost as if you are dancing, with a series of little jumps from one foot to the other. [V adv/prep] They saw the man with a little girl skipping along behind him... [V… …   English dictionary

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