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JUMPING JACK

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does jumping jack mean? 

JUMPING JACK (noun)
  The noun JUMPING JACK has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: JUMPING JACK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JUMPING JACK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("jumping jack" is a kind of...):

plaything; toy (an artifact designed to be played with)


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