double dutch
(ˈdʌb əlˈdɪp ɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a game of jump rope in which two persons swing two long jump ropes in a synchronized fashion, usu. directed inward so the ropes are going in opposite directions, for one or two others to jump over.
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capriole
(capriole)
Princeton's WordNet
(dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump
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double dutch
(double Dutch)
Princeton's WordNet
the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners
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ski jump
(ˈdʒɔr ɪŋ, -ˈdʒoʊr-, ˈski dʒɔr-, -dʒoʊr-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a jump made by a skier from a ski jump.
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avulsion
(avulsion)
Princeton's WordNet
an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another
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rosland
Webster Dictionary
heathy land; land full of heather; moorish or watery land
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ashore
Webster Dictionary
on shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat
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jumping
Webster Dictionary
of Jump
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jumped
Webster Dictionary
of Jump
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jumping
Webster Dictionary
of Jump, to leap
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insult
Webster Dictionary
to leap or jump
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leaping
Webster Dictionary
from Leap, to jump
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start
Webster Dictionary
to leap; to jump
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spring
Webster Dictionary
to leap; to bound; to jump
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spring
Webster Dictionary
a leap; a bound; a jump
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continent
Webster Dictionary
one of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America
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bound
Webster Dictionary
a leap; an elastic spring; a jump
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vault
Webster Dictionary
to leap; to bound; to jump; to spring
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jump
Webster Dictionary
to cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch
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ejector
Webster Dictionary
a jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space
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jump
Webster Dictionary
to pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream
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enderby land
(Enderby Land)
Princeton's WordNet
a region of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Wilkes Land; claimed by Australia
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isthmus
(isthmus)
Princeton's WordNet
a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas
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marsh
(marsh, marshland, fen, fenland)
Princeton's WordNet
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
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marshland
(marsh, marshland, fen, fenland)
Princeton's WordNet
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
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fen
(marsh, marshland, fen, fenland)
Princeton's WordNet
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
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fenland
(marsh, marshland, fen, fenland)
Princeton's WordNet
low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
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desertification
(desertification)
Princeton's WordNet
the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land
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halma
Webster Dictionary
the long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon
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landholding
(landholding)
Princeton's WordNet
ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land
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