Noun: skip rope skip rowp
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: skipping rope)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: skipping rope)
- A length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it
"The girls played with a skip rope in the schoolyard";
- jump rope [N. Amer], skipping rope [Brit]
Derived forms: skips rope, skip ropes
Type of: rope
Encyclopedia: Skip rope