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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

high-jump

[hahy-juhmp]
–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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