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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
jump rope
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But jump rope is an activity for the slow and steady learner.
▪ I pounded on the railing until the chain swung like a jump rope.
▪ My parents encouraged me to jump rope, bike ride, play kick-the-can and tetherball.
▪ Sheila Rae, who loves to rip the limbs off of trees, humiliates the kid who steals her jump rope.
▪ The floor was bare and unfinished concrete, and I could jump rope without self-consciousness, without interference.
Wiktionary
jump rope

alt. 1 (context uncountable English) (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. 2 The length of rope, sometimes with handles, casing or other additions, used in that activity. 3 (context colloquial English) A single jump in this game or activity, counted as a measure of achievement. n. 1 (context uncountable English) (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. 2 The length of rope, sometimes with handles, casing or other additions, used in that activity. 3 (context colloquial English) A single jump in this game or activity, counted as a measure of achievement. vb. (context idiomatic English) 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.

WordNet
jump rope

  1. n. a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it [syn: skip rope, skipping rope]

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

Wikipedia
Jump Rope (song)

"Jump Rope" is the ninth track on alternative rock band, Blue October's fifth studio album, " Approaching Normal", released on March 24, 2009. On November 20, 2009, the song was released as a single. A live acoustic version of the song was included on the band's album ''Ugly Side: An Acoustic Evening With Blue October ''as a bonus track.