skipathon

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noun

A charity event in which participants jump rope.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounskipathon (plural skipathons)

plural skipathons

  1. A charity event in which participants jump rope.

    In 2006 a mass skipathon had 7632 children skipping continuously for three minutes at 85 locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

    2009, Adam Hart-Davis, Stringlopedia, page 51

Origin

From skip + -athon.

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Cite this entry
APA

skipathon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skipathon

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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