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hippy jump

hippy jump noun: a trick in which the skateboarder jumps above the board, leaving it on the ground to pass under an object the skateboarder is jumping over.

hippy jump: a trick in which the skateboarder jumps above the board, leaving it on the ground to pass under an...
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Noun

hippy jump (plural hippy jumps)

  1. A trick in which the skateboarder jumps above the board, leaving it on the ground to pass under an object the skateboarder is jumping over.
    • Before Gelfand invented the ollie, a popular trick at skate-boarding competitions was the high jump, now known as the hippy jump. Like the ollie, the hippy involves an obstacle, but instead of both rider and skateboard going over the obstacle, only the rider goes over.2016, Debora M. Katz, Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
    • Hippie (or Hippy) Jump: An old-school trick where a skater jumps straight up and off the board while the board stays rolling on the ground [...]2020, Sierra Prescott, Shredders: Girls Who Skate

Verb

hippy jump (third-person singular simple present hippy jumps, present participle hippy jumping, simple past and past participle hippy jumped)

  1. To perform this trick.

Forms of hippy jump

Noun
pluralhippy jumps
alternative formhippie jump
Verb
third-person singular presenthippy jumps
present participlehippy jumping
past participlehippy jumped
pasthippy jumped

Questions about hippy jump

What does hippy jump mean?
Hippy jump means a trick in which the skateboarder jumps above the board, leaving it on the ground to pass under an object the skateboarder is jumping over.
What part of speech is hippy jump?
Hippy jump can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of hippy jump?
The plural of hippy jump is hippy jumps.

Words near hippy jump in the dictionary

  1. hippy
  2. hippy crack
  3. hippy flip
  4. hippy flipping
  5. hippy flips
  6. hippy jump
  7. hippy jumped
  8. hippy jumping
  9. hippy jumps
  10. hippy-dippy
  11. hippydom

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