"skip rope" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-skip rope.ogg [Australia] Forms: skip ropes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} skip rope (plural skip ropes)
  1. The rope used in this activity. Synonyms: jump rope, skipping rope
    Sense id: en-skip_rope-en-noun-65pDhzs~

Verb

Audio: En-au-skip rope.ogg [Australia] Forms: skips rope [present, singular, third-person], skipping rope [participle, present], skipped rope [participle, past], skipped rope [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} skip rope (third-person singular simple present skips rope, present participle skipping rope, simple past and past participle skipped rope)
  1. (idiomatic) To jump over a rope, both of whose ends are held by the jumper or by two others, while the rope is moved under the jumper's feet in a continual rhythm; to play the game of jump rope or exercise by jumping rope. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (jump over a rope): jump rope
    Sense id: en-skip_rope-en-verb-1SiZIR0R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for skip rope meaning in English (2.7kB)

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