Chinese jump rope

English

Chinese jump rope being played.

Noun

Chinese jump rope (uncountable)

1. (playground games) A children's game in which two participants hold a string of rubber bands tied in a circle with their feet and a third participant is challenged to make a certain series of moves in relation to the string successfully.

Synonyms

• Chinese ropes
• Chinese garter
• jumpsies
• elastics
• yoki
• French skipping

Translations

to jump over a rope repeatedly as a game or exercise

• Czech: skákání gumy
• Estonian: kummikeks
• French: jeu de l’élastique
• German: Gummitwist, Gummihüpfen, Gummihopse, Gummihuppe