Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as skipping-rope.

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Examples

  • This parade is a parade of full inclusion and Fenris was sure to see that skip-rope jumping obese-clown-Canadians had a spot in his parade.

    My Celebration of Set Parade 2008

  • Der wuz a buk I reedid wuns, it had a skip-rope rhyme that went:

    i come to burgl - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • It has a skip-rope cadence, funky guitar and bass, and just plain rocks.

    Hello Whatever I Will Call It 2002

  • From behind her mask came a soft wee sound like a little girl's skip-rope song, with a refrain that went, "It was fun to watch you die."

    Soldiers Live Cook, Glen 2000

  • But the Army caste system had been violated, and Cappy had been forbidden to see her little friend again, and had her skip-rope taken away.

    Silver Wings, Santiago Blue Janet Dailey 1984

  • But the Army caste system had been violated, and Cappy had been forbidden to see her little friend again, and had her skip-rope taken away.

    Silver Wings, Santiago Blue Janet Dailey 1984

  • But the Army caste system had been violated, and Cappy had been forbidden to see her little friend again, and had her skip-rope taken away.

    Silver Wings, Santiago Blue Janet Dailey 1984

  • But the Army caste system had been violated, and Cappy had been forbidden to see her little friend again, and had her skip-rope taken away.

    Silver Wings, Santiago Blue Janet Dailey 1984

  • And the Phoenix won when they played skip-rope with a piece of vine, because it could hover in the air with its wings while the vine swished over and under.

    David and the Phoenix Edward Ormondroyd

  • Eskeemy girls at skip-rope an '' London bridge is fallin 'down' on th 'icebergs an' glaziers.

    Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

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