double-dutch
Playground jumping game
Double Dutch is a jump-rope game using two ropes swung in opposite directions while one or more players jump between them.
The ropes create an eggbeater pattern requiring precise timing: She's amazing at double Dutch.
Figuratively, double Dutch means incomprehensible speech or gibberish: The technical manual was double Dutch to me.
Rhythmic hopping locomotion
- ropesBraided flexible cords
- turnersLathe craft practitioners
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
- rhymesMatching word endings
synchronization · jumper · chanting · recess · competitive · speed · tricks · footwork
Impossible to understand
- confusingCausing mental uncertainty
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- nonsenseMeaningless words or actions
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
babble · gobbledygook · unclear · cryptic · baffling · foreign · indecipherable · mumbo-jumbo
skipping
Rhythmic hopping locomotion
- ropesBraided flexible cords
- turnersLathe craft practitioners
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
rhymes · synchronization · jumper · chanting · recess · competitive · speed · tricks · footwork · timing
unintelligible
Impossible to understand
- confusingCausing mental uncertainty
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- nonsenseMeaningless words or actions
jargon · babble · gobbledygook · unclear · cryptic · baffling · foreign · indecipherable · mumbo-jumbo · Greek
double-dutchplain English
Unadorned, accessible wording
clear speech · clarity · plain language · crystal clear · comprehensible