HIGH JUMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does high jump mean? 

• HIGH JUMP (noun)
  The noun HIGH JUMP has 2 senses:

1. a competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar

2. the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar

  Familiarity information: HIGH JUMP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIGH JUMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("high jump" is a kind of...):

field event (a competition that takes place on a field rather than on a running track)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("high jump" is a kind of...):

jumping (the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "high jump"):

Fosbury flop (jumping over the bar backwards and head first)