Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of skip rope
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn item for play or physical exercise consisting of a length of rope with a handle attached to each end, intended to be swung over and under a person jumping in a continual rhythm.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic نَط اَلْحَبْل
- نَط اَلْحَبْل (naṭ al-ḥabl)rope for play or exercise
Bengali লাফদড়ি
- লাফদড়ি (laphdôṛi)rope for play or exercise
Catalan corda de saltar
- corda de saltarrope for play or exercise
Chinese Mandarin 跳繩 /跳绳
- 跳繩 /跳绳 (tiàoshéng)rope for play or exercise
Czech švihadlo
- švihadlorope for play or exercise
Danish sjippetov
- sjippetovrope for play or exercise
Dutch springtouw, touwtjespringen
- springtouwrope for play or exercise
- touwtjespringenrope for play or exercise
Esperanto saltoŝnuro
- saltoŝnurorope for play or exercise
Estonian hüppekumm
- hüppekummrope for play or exercise
Finnish hyppynaru
- hyppynarurope for play or exercise
French corde à sauter
- corde à sauterrope for play or exercise
German Springseil, Sprungseil
- Springseilrope for play or exercise
- Sprungseilrope for play or exercise
Greek σχοινάκι
- σχοινάκι (schoináki)rope for play or exercise
Hindi कूदने की रस्सी
- कूदने की रस्सी (kūdne kī rassī)rope for play or exercise
Hungarian ugrókötél
- ugrókötélrope for play or exercise
Icelandic sippuband
- sippubandrope for play or exercise
Irish rópa scipeála
- rópa scipeálarope for play or exercise
Japanese 跳び縄
- 跳び縄 (tobinawa)rope for play or exercise
Korean 줄넘기줄
- 줄넘기줄 (julleomgijul)rope for play or exercise
Māori piupiu
- piupiurope for play or exercise
Polish skakanka
- skakankarope for play or exercise
Portuguese corda de pular
- corda de pularrope for play or exercise
Russian скака́лка
- скака́лка (skakálka)rope for play or exercise
Slovak švihadlo
- švihadlorope for play or exercise
Spanish comba
- combarope for play or exercise
Swedish hopprep
- hoppreprope for play or exercise
Tagalog luksong-lubid
- luksong-lubidrope for play or exercise
Turkish atlama ipi
- atlama ipirope for play or exercise
Welsh cortyn sgipio, rhaff sgipio
- cortyn sgipiorope for play or exercise
- rhaff sgipiorope for play or exercise
Cite this entry
skipping rope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skipping%20rope
“skipping rope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skipping%20rope. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skipping rope,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skipping%20rope.
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