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n. An item for play or physical exercise consisting of a length of rope with a handle attached to each end, intended to be swing over and under a person jumping in a continual rhythm. vb. (present participle of skip rope English)
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A skipping rope ( British English) or jump rope ( American English) is a tool used in the activity of skipping played by children and many young adults, where one or more participants jump over a rope swung so that it passes under their feet and over their heads. There are three main variations of the activity. The most basic involves a single participant turning and jumping the rope. Long rope involves a minimum of three participants, two of whom turn the rope while one or more jump. The most difficult version, often called Double Dutch, also involves three or more participants, but uses two ropes turned in opposite directions. Rhymes are often chanted during the activity.
Usage examples of "skipping rope".
What matters is the sight of a weathervane against a violent pink sunset, the sound of his heels on an empty road in Utah, the sound of the wind in the New Mexico desert, the sight of a child skipping rope beside a junked-out Chevrolet Caprice in Fossil, Oregon.
He put the handkerchief that contained Stuart Little into a pocket of the vest and tied the skipping rope around his waist.
And using the vine as a skipping rope she flashed up and down the silver paths so swiftly that it made Tatters and Grampa blink just to follow her dancing steps.
But she seemed to live alone here there was a child's skipping rope hanging in a hallway, but such oddities were to be expected.