The yarn or thread composing the strands of a rope. / A yarn of fibers, twisted up loosely and right-handedly.

A rope or cable used to steady either a tall structure, or a thing being hoisted or lowered

(US) To slide down a rope as a means of descending to the ground, especially from a hovering helicopter

(uncountable) (also jump-roping, jumping rope) The activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants. Often used for athletic training and among schoolchildren. Variations involve speed, chants, varied rope and jumper movement patterns, multiple jumpers and/or multiple ropes.

(idiomatic) To repeatedly jump over a rope, the ends of which are held by the jumper or by two others, while the rope is swung under the feet and over the head of the jumper; to play the game of jump rope; to exercise by jumping rope.

(colloquial) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jump rope

plural of jump rope

Alternative spelling of tightrope

Alternative spelling of tightrope

A long elastic cord tied around the ankles of the jumper in bungee jumping.