long jump
a jump for distance from a running start.
a field event featuring competition in the long jump.
Origin of long jump
1- Also called broad jump, running broad jump.
Words Nearby long jump
Other definitions for long-jump (2 of 2)
Track and Field. to execute a long jump.
- Also broad-jump.
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How to use long jump in a sentence
She excelled and was recruited to Harvard to compete in the 100 m, 200 m, long jump, and triple jump.
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Not some hyper-long jump, but we usually pick up the season within a day or two.
How the Dark and Stylish Drama ‘Suits’ Became USA’s Best Show | Jason Lynch | March 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHere it became necessary for them to take the chance of a long jump.
The Call of the Beaver Patrol | V. T. ShermanHe could trot along here quite a distance and then make a long jump into the woods.
Beautiful Joe | Marshall Saunders
I never come here without remembering Rhazon and his crew on that long jump.
The Colors of Space | Marion Zimmer BradleyI was off watch, waiting for cold-sleep—we're just about to make the long jump—when Vorongil came to my quarters.
The Colors of Space | Marion Zimmer BradleyIn the long jump the athlete employs all the impetus he can acquire by a sprint of about 30 yards.
British Dictionary definitions for long jump
an athletic contest in which competitors try to cover the farthest distance possible with a running jump from a fixed board or mark: Former Austral, US, and Canadian equivalent: broad jump
Derived forms of long jump
- long jumping, noun
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