jumping jack

See also: jumping-jack

English

Noun

jumping jack (plural jumping jacks)

1. 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.
2. (dated) A toy figure of a person, with jointed limbs, that can be made to jump or dance by means of pulling attached strings.
3. A machine, roughly the size of a three-year-old child, the foot of which vibrates forcefully, causing it to "jump" rapidly, pounding the ground to compact it.

Alternative forms

• jumping-jack

Synonyms

• side-straddle hop
• star jump (Australia, UK)

Translations

exercise

• Bulgarian: скок трупешката (skok trupeškata)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 開合跳／开合跳 (kāihétiào), 跳躍運動／跳跃运动 (tiàoyuè yùndòng)

• Finnish: haarahyppy (fi)
• German: Hampelmann (de) m
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: pajacyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: polichinelo (pt) m
• Russian: звёздочка (ru) f (zvjózdočka)
• Spanish: saltos (es) m
• Thai: การกระโดดตบ

toy

• Danish: sprællemand c
• Dutch: trekpop (nl) f
• Faroese: sprellimaður m, spjálkidukka f, spælimaður m
• German: Hampelmann (de) m, Kistenteufel m, Schachtelteufel m, Springteufel m
• Icelandic: sprellikarl m
• Polish: pajacyk (pl) m
• Swedish: sprattelgubbe (sv) c
• Welsh: Jac sbonc m