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]
/ˈhaɪˌdʒʌmp/
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.
Examples from the web for
high jump
The same principle applies to athletics, where you don't learn the
high jump
from reading books about it.
British Dictionary definitions for
high jump
high jump
noun
1.
the high jump,
an athletic event in which a competitor has to jump over a high bar set between two vertical supports
(
as modifier
):
high-jump techniques
2.
(
Brit
,
informal
)
be for the high jump,
to be liable to receive a severe reprimand or punishment
Derived Forms
high jumper,
noun
high jumping,
noun