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  • noun A toy figure with jointed limbs that can be made to dance by pulling an attached string.

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Examples

  • In areas for stretching, group aerobics or anywhere else that tends to get crowded, maintain a jumping-jack distance from the next person for the sake of safety and basic courtesy.3.

    Gym newcomers should resolve to follow etiquette 2011

  • But Doug's first movie, The Lamb, was hardly supervised by Griffith, who wrote him off as "that jumping-jack, that grinning monkey" with a face like a cantaloupe, and suggested that he go work for Mack Sennett, along with the Keystone Kops and the custard pies.

    The Silent Superstar Gottlieb, Robert 2009

  • When the men return to the front gate (and back into view), I witness more wagging tongues, more jumping-jack arms.

    cuisiner - French Word-A-Day 2006

  • Davis 'frontcourt teammate, jumping-jack freshman forward Tyrus Thomas, had an even worse night.

    USATODAY.com - UCLA clamps down, stumps LSU 59-45 to reach title game 2006

  • When the men return to the front gate (and back into view), I witness more wagging tongues, more jumping-jack arms.

    French Word-A-Day: 2006

  • We enjoy the close-ups of the artists, the sudden swoops of the camera as it captures the jolting energy of Jagger jumping-jack.

    It���s Only a Rock ���n��� Roll Documentary (But I Like It!) 2008

  • When the men return to the front gate (and back into view), I witness more wagging tongues, more jumping-jack arms.

    French Word-A-Day: 2006

  • When the men return to the front gate and back into view, I witness more wagging tongues, more jumping-jack arms.

    French Word-A-Day: 2006

  • He could see Koko through the foyer window, doing his jumping-jack act.

    The Cat Who Sang For The Birds Braun, Lilian Jackson 1998

  • Yet I was angry too, and I wanted to do some damage before I was killed, so I put up my rifle and sighted on that jumping-jack on the beach.

    The Lake of Devils 1996

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