elastics

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noun

A children's game in which players perform various jumping and trapping manoeuvres on long loops of elastic band stretched between two other players.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of elastic
  2. A children's game in which players perform various jumping and trapping manoeuvres on long loops of elastic band stretched between two other players.

    We could play elastics, or skipping, without the need of anyone else to stand in the loops or hold the rope.

    2010, Jacinta Tynan, Some Girls Do...: My Life as a Teenager

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Also see
chinese jump rope

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APA

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MLA

“elastics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elastics. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elastics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elastics.

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