jumping jack

Meaning

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 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.
3. (dated) A toy figure of a person with jointed limbs that can be made to appear to dance or jump by pulling an attached string.

Synonyms

puppet

large bristletail

sea bristle-tail

sea bristletail

Translations

pantin

Hampelmann

Petrobius maritimus

polichinelo

títere

fantoche

muñeco

marioneta

saltos

νευρόσπαστο

fantoche