high-jump

[ hahy-juhmp ]

/ ˈhaɪˌdʒʌmp /

to participate in the high jump; compete as a high jumper.

to clear or attempt to clear (a specified height) in a high jump: a goal of high-jumping his own height.

Words nearby high-jump

high jump

a field event in which athletes, using a running start, compete in jumping for height over a crossbar supported by two upright poles.

a jump for height made in this event.

First recorded in 1890–95

His final chance, and outside of his hopes of winning the track award in the high-jump, Hicks saw no way to win his B.

T. Haviland Hicks Senior |J. Raymond Elderdice
I could never have played on the eleven, or on the nine, but I have a chance in the high-jump.

T. Haviland Hicks Senior |J. Raymond Elderdice
The positions assumed when in the air by a high-jump athlete are almost incredible as revealed by the camera.

More Science From an Easy Chair |Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) Lankester
In the high-jump, however, Hicks had given considerable promise, which to date the grasshopper collegian had failed to keep.

T. Haviland Hicks Senior |J. Raymond Elderdice

By sticking to it, you have won your track B in the high-jump, thanks to your grass-hopper build, and we rejoice at your reward!

T. Haviland Hicks Senior |J. Raymond Elderdice

high jump

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

be for the high jump British informal to be liable to receive a severe reprimand or punishment

high jumper, noun high jumping, noun