track and field


noun
  1. a sport performed indoors or outdoors and made up of several events, as running, pole-vaulting, shot-putting, and broad-jumping.

Other definitions for track-and-field (2 of 2)

track-and-field
[ trak-uhn-feeld ]

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.: a track-and-field athlete.

Origin of track-and-field

2
First recorded in 1930–35

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