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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