jump rope

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

jump′ rope′, 

1. Games, Sport Also, jump′ rop′ing. a children's game or an exercise for children and adults in which a rope is swung over and under the standing jumper, who must leap over it each time it reaches the feet.
2. Games, Sport the rope used.
3. Games, Sport to play this game or do this exercise. Also called skip rope. 
• 1795–1805