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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
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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World English Dictionary
| high jump | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. the high jump an athletic event in which a competitor has to jump over a high bar set between two vertical supports |
| b. (as modifier): high-jump techniques | |
| 2. | informal (Brit) be for the high jump to be liable to receive a severe reprimand or punishment |
| high jumper | |
| —n | |
| high jumping | |
| —n | |
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