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track and field

1

noun

  1. a sport performed indoors or outdoors and made up of several events, as running, pole-vaulting, shot-putting, and broad-jumping.

track-and-field

2

[ trak-uhn-feeld ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.:

    a track-and-field athlete.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of track and field1

First recorded in 1930–35

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