| 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. |
[hahy-juhmp] 
| 1. | to participate in the high jump; compete as a high jumper. |
| 2. | to clear or attempt to clear (a specified height) in a high jump: a goal of high-jumping his own height. |