jumping jack (redirected from Jumping Jacks)

jumping jack n. 1. A toy figure with jointed limbs that can be made to dance by pulling an attached string. 2. 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.

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jumping jack

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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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Noun

1.

jumping jack - plaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling strings plaything, toy - an artifact designed to be played with

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jumping jack

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