"jumping jack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jumping jacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} jumping jack (plural jumping jacks)
  1. A physical exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides. Synonyms: jumping-jack, side-straddle hop, star jump [Australia, UK] Translations (exercise): скок трупешката (skok trupeškata) (Bulgarian), 開合跳 (Chinese Mandarin), 开合跳 (kāihétiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 跳躍運動 (Chinese Mandarin), 跳跃运动 (tiàoyuè yùndòng) (Chinese Mandarin), haarahyppy (Finnish), Hampelmann [masculine] (German), pajacyk [masculine] (Polish), polichinelo [masculine] (Portuguese), звёздочка (zvjózdočka) [feminine] (Russian), saltos [masculine] (Spanish), การกระโดดตบ (Thai)
    Sense id: en-jumping_jack-en-noun-IgSrLVVT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 42 24 Disambiguation of 'exercise': 93 4 4
  2. (dated) A toy figure of a person, with jointed limbs, that can be made to jump or dance by means of pulling attached strings. Tags: dated Translations (toy): sprællemand [common-gender] (Danish), trekpop [feminine] (Dutch), sprellimaður [masculine] (Faroese), spjálkidukka [feminine] (Faroese), spælimaður [masculine] (Faroese), Hampelmann [masculine] (German), Kistenteufel [masculine] (German), Schachtelteufel [masculine] (German), Springteufel [masculine] (German), sprellikarl [masculine] (Icelandic), pajacyk [masculine] (Polish), sprattelgubbe [common-gender] (Swedish), Jac sbonc [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-jumping_jack-en-noun-oW5DVRBM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 42 24 Disambiguation of 'toy': 0 100 0
  3. A machine, roughly the size of a three-year-old child, the foot of which vibrates forcefully, causing it to "jump" rapidly, pounding the ground to compact it.
    Sense id: en-jumping_jack-en-noun-IPrabosm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 42 24

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