Glass-rope
(n.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together. |
Guess rope
() A guess warp. |
Guest rope
() The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom. |
Jump
(n.) A kind of loose jacket for men. |
Jump
(n.) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century. |
Jump
(v. i.) To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs |
Jump
(v. i.) To move as if by jumping |
Jump
(v. i.) To coincide |
Jump
(v. t.) To pass by a spring or leap |
Jump
(v. t.) To cause to jump |
Jump
(v. t.) To expose to danger |
Jump
(v. t.) To join by a butt weld. |
Jump
(v. t.) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows |
Jump
(v. t.) To bore with a jumper. |
Jump
(n.) The act of jumping |
Jump
(n.) An effort |
Jump
(n.) The space traversed by a leap. |
Jump
(n.) A dislocation in a stratum |
Jump
(n.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry. |
Jump
(a.) Nice |
Jump
(adv.) Exactly |
Rope
(n.) A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage. |
Rope
(n.) A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc. |
Rope
(n.) The small intestines |
Rope
(v. i.) To be formed into rope |
Rope
(v. t.) To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord |
Rope
(v. t.) To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope. |
Rope
(v. t.) To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something |
Rope
(v. t.) To lasso (a steer, horse). |
Rope
(v. t.) To draw, as with a rope |
Rope
(v. t.) To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing. |
Rope's-end
(v. t.) To punish with a rope's end. |
Rope-yarn
(n.) the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made. |
Skipping
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skip |
Top-rope
(n.) A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes. |
jumper
jump shot | (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump |
jump
jumping | the act of jumping, propelling yourself off the ground, he advanced in a series of jumps, the jumping was unexpected |
| jump ball | (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed, an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate |
| jump parachuting | descent with a parachute, he had done a lot of parachuting in the army |
broad jump
long jump | the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start |
| high jump | the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar |
| rope-a-dope | a boxing tactic: pretending to be trapped against the ropes while your opponent wears himself out throwing punches |
| jump rope | a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope |
startle
jump start | a sudden involuntary movement, he awoke with a start |
jumpstart
jump-start | starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car, my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor |
anchor chain
anchor rope | the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel |
| guide rope | a rope used to guide the movement of the load of a crane |
guy
guy cable
guy wire
guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
hangman's rope
hangman's halter
halter hemp
hempen necktie | a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging |
jump rope
skip rope
skipping rope | a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it |
| jump seat | a folding seat in an automobile |
| jump suit | one-piece uniform worn by parachutists |
| jump suit jumpsuit | one-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist's uniform |
R-
Mexican valium
rophy
rope roofy
roach forget me drug
circle | street names for flunitrazepan |
| ridge rope | either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship |
| rope | a strong line |
| rope bridge | a bridge consisting of ropes |
| rope ladder | a ladder with side pieces of rope |
| rope tow | a ski tow offering only a moving rope to hold onto |
ropewalk
rope yard | workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made |
| rope yarn | the strands out of which ropes are made |
| ski jump | a steep downward ramp from which skiers jump |
towline
towrope
towing line
towing rope | (nautical) a rope used in towing |
| water jump | a pool or stream in a steeplechase or similar contest |
| jump | (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another |
| jump cut | an immediate transition from one scene to another |
leap
jump
saltation | an abrupt transition, a successful leap from college to the major leagues |
quantum leap
quantum jump | a sudden large increase or advance, this may not insure success but it will represent a quantum leap from last summer |
| quantum jump | (physics) an abrupt transition of an electron or atom or molecule from one quantum state to another with the emission or absorption of a quantum |
| jump leap | a sudden and decisive increase, a jump in attendance |
| high jump | a competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar |
long jump
broad jump | a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start |
pole vault
pole vaulting
pole jump
pole jumping | a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole |
triple jump
hop-step-and-jump | an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement |
ropemaker
rope-maker
roper | a craftsman who makes ropes |
bird's-foot violet
pansy violet
Johnny-jump-up wood violet Viola pedata | common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies |
wild pansy
Johnny-jump-up heartsease love-in-idleness
pink of my John
Viola tricolor | a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived |
| rope burn | abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope |
| alternate jump | go back and forth, swing back and forth between two states or conditions |
| rise jump climb up | rise in rank or status, Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list |
| jump | increase suddenly and significantly, Prices jumped overnight |
| jump off | set off quickly, usually with success, The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class |
jumpstart
jump-start | start or re-start vigorously, The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process |
leap
jump | pass abruptly from one state or topic to another, leap into fame, jump to a conclusion, jump from one thing to another |
jump
pass over
skip skip over | bypass, He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible |