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skip rope en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Meanings

1. 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:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
skip ropes	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Synonyms

skipping rope · jump rope

skip rope en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Meanings

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.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
skipped rope	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
skipped rope	Tense=Past		lexicographic
skips rope	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
skipping rope	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic

Synonyms

jump rope (jump over a rope)