hop, step, and jump

American  

noun

Track.

1. triple jump.

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hop, step, and jump British  

noun

1. an older term for triple jump

2. Also called: hop, skip, and jump.  a short distance

   the shops are only a hop, step, and jump from our house

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Etymology

Origin of hop, step, and jump

First recorded in 1710–20

Example Sentences

On the opening day, he won the triple jump — then called the hop, step and jump — and leapt into history as the first champion medalist of the modern Games.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2015

With a hop, step and jump that covered over 50 feet, Winter of Australia started the eighth-day sensations.

From Time Magazine Archive

But you can do the broad jump, the hop, step, and jump, the standing high jump, and the shot put.

From Time Magazine Archive

Other Californians who qualified are Lee Barnes in the pole vault, Robert King in the high jump, Clarence Houser in the discus throw, Levi Casey in the hop, step and jump.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Sort of a hop, step, and jump, and that's a fact," agreed Waldo, now a bit more at his ease since that awful sense of suffocation was lacking.

From The Lost City by Badger, Jos. E. (Joseph Edward)