game of jumping or skipping rope

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• skipping —    1) children s game    Nowadays skipping is almost entirely done by girls, but this was not always the case. The earliest references refer to boys, and through most of the 19th century boys regularly took part in the game. This has led some… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• Jump rope — A jump rope, skipping rope, or skip rope is the primary tool used in the game 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.… …   Wikipedia

• jump rope — noun 1. a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it • Syn: ↑skip rope, ↑skipping rope • Hypernyms: ↑rope 2. a child s game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a… …   Useful english dictionary

• jump rope — 1. noun /dʒʌmp/ /rəʊp/ a) (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… …   Wiktionary

• skip rope — 1. verb 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 jumpers feet in a continual rhythm; to play the game of jump rope or exercise by jumping rope. Syn: jump rope 2. noun The… …   Wiktionary

• jump rope — 1. Also, jump roping. a children s game or an exercise for children and adults in which a rope is swung over and under the standing jumper, who must leap over it each time it reaches the feet. 2. the rope used. 3. to play this game or do this… …   Universalium

• Double Dutch (jump rope) — Children playing Double Dutch in Buenos Aires Double dutch is a game in which two long jump ropes turning in opposite directions are jumped by one or more players jumping simultaneously. While double dutch began in the inner cities of America, it …   Wikipedia

• skip — 1. v. & n. v. (skipped, skipping) 1 intr. a move along lightly, esp. by taking two steps with each foot in turn. b jump lightly from the ground, esp. so as to clear a skipping rope. c jump about, gambol, caper, frisk. 2 intr. (often foll. by from …   Useful english dictionary

• Skip — The word skip has several meanings:* Skip (container), a type of large open topped container * Skip (music), a type of interval in music * Skip (music composer), a composer of electronic music from Gent, Belgium. Using influences from musical… …   Wikipedia

• American and British English differences — For the Wikipedia editing policy on use of regional variants in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of style#National varieties of English. This is one of a series of articles about the differences between British English and American English, which …   Wikipedia

• double dutch — or ,double Dutch noun uncount INFORMAL 1. ) AMERICAN a game of SKIPPING rope (=jumping over a rope) in which two ropes are used at the same time 2. ) speech or writing that is impossible to understand …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English