jump rope

Meanings

1. (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.
2. The length of rope, sometimes with handles, casing or other additions, used in that activity.
3. A single jump in this game or activity, counted as a measure of achievement.

1. 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.