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Double Dutch is a game in which two long jump ropes turning in opposite directions are jumped by one or more players jumping simultaneously. There is a lack of consensus regarding the early history of double Dutch, but it is said to have been traced back from Egypt, China, and even Europe, where various forms of skipping rope was quite common.
A skipping rope or jump rope is a tool used in the sport of skipping/jump rope where one or more participants jump over a rope swung so that it passes under their feet and over their heads. There are multiple subsets of skipping/jump rope, including single freestyle, single speed, pairs, three-person speed (Double Dutch), and three-person ...
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The song's rhythm and lyrics are based on the Double Dutch jump rope game. Such games were played by urban school children, and in 1973 they were formalized into a team sport in New York City. [3] The song lyrics follow the pattern of older skipping-rope rhymes, and they mention the TransPass used by the SEPTA bus system in Philadelphia.
The American name for the game is "jump rope" a noun confirmed by 5.9 million hits on google. The alternative "jumping rope", a verb, got 969 thousand hits. Student7 ( talk ) 21:59, 14 November 2015 (UTC) [ reply ]
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As a noun, this word refers to an individual who fights in a two-person match (usually with gloved fists). OK, that's it for hints—I don't want to totally give it away before revealing the answer!
Jump Rope Challenge was released over digital distribution on the Nintendo eShop on June 16, 2020, after a surprise announcement from Nintendo on Twitter. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] The game was released as a free download, and was intended to only be available for a limited time, as Nintendo planned to remove it from the eShop on September 30, 2020. [ 10 ]