jump rope

1. 1.

   a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it

   Synonymsskip ropeskipping rope

   Broaderrope
2. 2.

   a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope

   Broaderchild's gamecardiopulmonary exercise

   Narrowerdouble Dutch

Questions about jump rope

What does jump rope mean?

jump rope means "a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for jump rope?

Close synonyms include skip rope, skipping rope. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jump rope a common word?

jump rope is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.