Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A jump for height made over a horizontal bar in a track-and-field contest.
- noun A contest in which high jumps are made.
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- noun uncountable An
athletics event where a competitor must jump over a bar placed gradually higher and higher.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar
- noun a competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar
Etymologies
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From high + jump.
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