double dutch
Counter-rotating rope game
Double Dutch is a jump rope game using two ropes swung in opposite directions, requiring precise timing to enter and jump.
The term also means unintelligible speech or gibberish: The technical manual was double Dutch to me.
Both senses share the idea of something complicated or hard to follow.
- jump ropeCord swung underfoot
- skippingRhythmic hopping locomotion
- skipping ropeCord for leaping over
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
- street gamesInformal neighborhood children's activities
school playground · rhymes · hand clapping · turners · ropes · twirling · chanting · schoolyard · rhythm · hopping · feet · girls · recess · synchronized · spinning · tangled · speed · competition
- Black CultureNAACP, HBCUs, Black churches, civil rights movement, Harlem Renaissance
- braidsbraid, braids, fishtail braid, box braids, cornrow
- jump ropejump rope, rope, ropes, skipping, jump
- jumping activitiesleapfrog, jump rope, pole vault, high jump, long jump
- recess gamestag, hopscotch, jump rope, hide and seek, duck duck goose
- schoolyardplayground, slide, swings, monkey bars, sandbox
comprehensibility
double dutchplain English
Unadorned, accessible wording
plain language · crystal clear · intelligible · clear speech · straightforward
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