long jump

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nounTrack and Field.
  1. a jump for distance from a running start.

  2. a field event featuring competition in the long jump.

Origin of long jump

1
First recorded in 1880–85

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Other definitions for long-jump (2 of 2)

long-jump
[ lawng-juhmp, long- ]

verb (used without object)
  1. Track and Field. to execute a long jump.

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How to use long jump in a sentence

  • I never come here without remembering Rhazon and his crew on that long jump.

    The Colors of Space | Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • I 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 Bradley
  • In 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

long jump

noun
  1. 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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