jumping jack

Noun

 * 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)  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

 * (Australia, UK)
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Translations

 * Bulgarian: скок трупешката
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 開合跳, 跳躍運動
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 * Spanish:
 * Thai: การกระโดดตบ


 * Danish: sprællemand
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: sprellimaður, spjálkidukka, spælimaður
 * German:, Kistenteufel, Schachtelteufel, Springteufel
 * Icelandic: sprellikarl
 * Polish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: Jac sbonc