Översättning
Substantiv
1.sprattelgubbe {en}

Definitioner

Substantiv

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

Exempel

  • In the beheaded frog the legs twitch as fatally when we touch the skin with acid as do a jumping-jack's when we pull the string.
  • "Because you are built as absurdly as a jumping-jack," sneered the horse, rolling his knotty eyes in a vicious manner. "Even your head won't stay straight, and you never can tell whether you are looking backwards or forwards!"
  • "I have a jumping-jack!" came from Freddie, and he began to work the toy up and down in a most comical fashion.

Böjningsformer

Pluraljumping-jacks

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