skipping rope

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsjump ropeskip rope

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Questions about skipping rope

What does skipping rope mean?

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

What is another word for skipping rope?

Close synonyms include jump rope, skip 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 skipping rope a common word?

skipping rope is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.