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jumping jack

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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

jumping jack
n
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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Noun1.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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"Once," said the shaggy man, "I had a jumping jack like that, with two faces.
 
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