jumping jack

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Synonyms: jumping jacks

Antonyms: jumping jacks

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|physical exercise}} A physical [[exercise]] performed by [[jump]]ing to a position with the [[leg]]s spread wide and the [[hand]]s touching overhead and then returning to a position with the [[foot|feet]] together and the [[arm]]s at the sides.
2. {{senseid|en|machine for ground compaction}} A machine, roughly the size of a three-year-old child, the foot of which vibrates forcefully, causing it to "jump" rapidly, pounding the ground to compact it.
3. {{senseid|en|toy figure with jointed limbs}} {{lb|en|dated}} A [[toy#Noun|toy]] [[figure#Noun|figure]] of a [[person#Noun|person]] with [[jointed#Adjective|jointed]] [[limb#Noun|limbs]] that can be [[make#Verb|made]] to [[appear]] to [[dance#Verb|dance]] or [[jump#Verb|jump]] by [[pull#Verb|pulling]] an [[attached#Adjective|attached]] [[string#Noun|string]].

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