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Skipping Rope

Definition: Skipping Rope

Skipping Rope

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Skipping Rope

Synonyms: jump rope (n), skip rope (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Skipping Rope

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

A Skipping Rope Dance (1897)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Skipping Rope

Illustrations:
Skipping Rope

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Skipping Rope

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

skipping rope

67
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Skipping Rope

Language Translations for "skipping rope"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏حبل النط. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

въже за скачане. (various references)

   

Czech

  

švihadlo (jump rope, jumping rope, rope). (various references)

   

French

  

corde sauter (skip rope). (various references)

   

German

  

springseil (skipping rode), hüpfseil. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σχοινάκι (jumping rope). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חבל קפיצ", "ל'ית. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ugrálókötél. (various references)

   

Italian

  

corda per saltare. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

縄跳び (jump rope, rope-jumping, skipping), 縄飛び (jump rope, rope-jumping, skipping). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

なわとび (jump rope, rope-jumping, skipping). (various references)

   

Manx

  

tead skibbylt. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

hoppe tau. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ippingskay operay

   

Portuguese

  

corda de pular. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

coardã pentru sãrit, coardã (chord, cord, rope, span, string, vein, wire). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

скакалка (jump rope, jumping rope, jumping-rope, skipping-rope). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

konopac za preskakanje. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

saltador (diver, jumper, pogo stick, saltatory, skipper, springer), comba (bulge, camber, sag, warp). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hopprep (jumping rope). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ip atlama ipi, atlama ipi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Skipping Rope

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-i-i-k-n-o-p-p-p-r-s"

-2 letters: skippering.

-3 letters: kippering, peignoirs.

-4 letters: peignoir, perigons, pirogies, porkpies, prepping, propines, propping, reposing, ripienos, seignior, skioring, skipping, snippier, speiring, spiering, spongier.

-5 letters: epigoni, epigons, eringos, gippers, grippes, griskin, ignores, inspire, ironies, kepping, kippers, kipping, koppies, nippers, nippier, noisier, origins, orpines, peising, pepping, perigon, perking, pierogi, pigeons, pigpens, pigskin, pingers, pingoes, pinkers, pinkies, pinkoes, pipings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Skipping Rope


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6B 69 70 70 69 6E 67      52 6F 70 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101011 01101001 01110000 01110000 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01010010 01101111 01110000 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#107 &#105 &#112 &#112 &#105 &#110 &#103 &#32 &#82 &#111 &#112 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006B 0069 0070 0070 0069 006E 0067      0052 006F 0070 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5377758282758073252818271

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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