jump rope
noun
: a rope used for exercises and children's games that involve jumping over the usually twirling rope each time it reaches its lowest point
also
: a game played with a jump rope
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On the wheel, the host dazzled the crowd with jumps, sprints, jump rope and other extreme tricks about 30 feet in the air.
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Sacbee.com, 16 Dec. 2025
For young emperors of ice cream, there’s a jump rope that has ice-cream-cone handles ($12) and a pencil sharpener shaped like an ice-cream truck ($24).
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2025
Think timeless toys like sand, rubber balls, jump rope, and cardboard boxes.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 6 Nov. 2025
In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, children jump rope with chains of rubber bands.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 16 Dec. 2025
For young emperors of ice cream, there’s a jump rope that has ice-cream-cone handles ($12) and a pencil sharpener shaped like an ice-cream truck ($24).
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2025
Think timeless toys like sand, rubber balls, jump rope, and cardboard boxes.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 6 Nov. 2025
In a refugee camp in Bangladesh, children jump rope with chains of rubber bands.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jump rope
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“Jump rope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jump%20rope. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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