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jump-rope definition

☆ jump-rope (jump′rōp′)

noun

  1. a length of rope, usually with handles on each end, that is swung over the head and then under the feet as one jumps
  2. a child's game or an exercise using such a rope
    also written jump rope

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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