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high jump
–noun Track.
1.a field event in which athletes, using a running start, compete in jumping for height over a crossbar supported by two upright poles.
2.a jump for height made in this event.
[Origin: 1890–95]
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–verb (used without object)
1.to participate in the high jump; compete as a high jumper.
–verb (used with object)
2.to clear or attempt to clear (a specified height) in a high jump: a goal of high-jumping his own height.
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high jump  
n.  
  1. A jump for height made over a horizontal bar in a track-and-field contest.
  2. A contest in which high jumps are made.

high jumper n.
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high jump

noun
1. a competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar 
2. the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar 

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high jump
a sports contest in which people jump over a bar which is raised until no-one can jump over it
Arabic: قَفْز عالٍ
Chinese (Simplified): 跳高
Chinese (Traditional): 跳高
Czech: skok vysoký
Danish: højdespring
Dutch: hoogspringen
Estonian: kõrgushüpe
Finnish: korkeushyppy
French: saut en hauteur
German: der Hochsprung
Greek: άλμα σε ύψος
Hungarian: magasugrás
Icelandic: hástökk
Indonesian: lompat tinggi
Italian: salto in alto*
Japanese: 走り高跳び
Latvian: augstlēkšana
Lithuanian: šuoliai į aukštį
Norwegian: høydesprang
Polish: skok w zwyż
Portuguese (Brazil): salto em altura
Portuguese (Portugal): salto em altura
Romanian: săritură în înălţime
Russian: прыжок в высоту
Slovak: skok do výšky
Slovenian: skok v višino
Spanish: salto de altura
Swedish: höjdhopp
Turkish: yüksek atlama
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