skip rope meaning: definition, quotations

skip rope

verb

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.

Synonyms: jump rope

skip rope

noun

The rope used in this activity.

Where do children's rhymes come from? What ancient motif is simply reclothed in a modern story or a children's skip-rope song?1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 11:

Synonyms: jump rope, skipping rope

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