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long jump

noun Track and Field.

a jump for distance from a running start.

a field event featuring competition in the long jump.

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Also called broad jump, running broad jump.

Origin:
1880–85

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verb (used without object)

Track and Field. to execute a long jump.

Also, broad-jump.

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long jump

—n
	Former Austral, US, and Canadian equivalent: broad jump an athletic contest in which competitors try to cover the farthest distance possible with a running jump from a fixed board or mark

long jumping

—n

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