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Jumping Jack

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Noun

1. jumping jack

plaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling strings

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Jumping Jack

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noun
1. 
a firework having a long narrow tube filled with gunpowder, folded like an accordion so that when lit it burns with small explosions causing it to jump along the ground
2. 
a toy figure of a man with jointed limbs that can be moved by pulling attached strings

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Jumping Jack

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1. 
a child's toy consisting of a little jointed figure made to jump or dance by pulling a string or pushing an attached stick
2. 
a form of exercise in which one jumps from a standing position, with the feet together and the arms at the sides, to a position in which the feet are apart and the hands touch overhead, and then jumps back again
usually used in pl.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Jumping Jack

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n.
1. Sports A physical exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides.
2. A toy figure with jointed limbs that can be made to dance by pulling an attached string.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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