skip rope

to jump over an arc of rope that is swung beneath one's feet then over one's head, repeatedly. The children skipped rope on the playground. The boxer skipped rope while training.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maunu	MOW-noo	Finnish
Manu (2)	MAH-noo (Finnish)	French, Spanish, German, Finnish
JÚLia	ZHOO-lyə (Portuguese), YOO-lee-aw (Hungarian)	Portuguese, Catalan, Hungarian, Slovak
Firoz	-	Persian
Mick	MIK (English)	English, Dutch
Asa	AY-sə (English)	Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew