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jump rope


n.

Children's game in which players hold a jump rope at each end and twirl it in a circle, while one or more players jump over it each time it reaches its lowest point.

Jumping rope is an activity that is not only for competition or recreation, but for a cardiovascular workout, just like jogging or bicycle riding.

Also called skipping rope or skip rope.

hopscotch


n.

A children's game in which players toss a small object (eg. stone) into the numbered spaces of a pattern of rectangles outlined on the ground and then hop or jump through the spaces to retrieve the object.

v.

To move in or as if in a series of irregular jumps.