jump rope
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English
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: jŭmp rōp, IPA(key): /dʒʌmp ɹəʊp/
- Noun: jump always stressed ("used a jump rope")
- Verb: rope sometimes stressed, but stress on jump also common ("let's jump rope" or "let's jump-rope")
- Verb tenses always as follows: jumps rope; jump ropes; jumping rope; jump roping; jumped rope; jump roped.
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Noun
[edit]jump rope (countable and uncountable, plural jump ropes)
- (uncountable) (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.
- The length of rope, sometimes with handles, casing or other additions, used in that activity.
- (colloquial) A single jump in this game or activity, counted as a measure of achievement.
- 2001, Matt Groening, “The Cyber House Rules”, Futurama, season 3, episode 11, transcript
- SALLY: One time, I did a hundred jump ropes.
- 2001, Matt Groening, “The Cyber House Rules”, Futurama, season 3, episode 11, transcript
Synonyms
[edit]- (the game): skipping, skip rope
- (the rope): skipping rope
- (single jump): rope-jump
Translations
[edit]game or activity
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length of rope — see skipping rope
(colloquial) single jump
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Verb
[edit]jump rope (third-person singular simple present jumps rope or jump ropes, present participle jumping rope or jump roping, simple past and past participle jumped rope or jump roped)
- (intransitive) 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.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to jump over a rope repeatedly as a game or exercise
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