high jump

noun

: a jump for height over a horizontal bar in a track-and-field contest

high-jump

ˈhī-ˌjəmp 

transitive verb

high jumper noun

Examples of high jump in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hernandez captured back-to-back high jump and triple jump championships and finished third in the long jump, prompting state officials to issue duplicate medals to the girls pushed down the podium. — Alejandro Avila , Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Chinese humanoid robots at Beijing’s World Humanoid Robot Games broke human athletic records, including Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint mark and Javier Sotomayor’s high jump mark. — Achmad Ibrahim, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2026

Corinne Williams, of Aurora Flyers, placed sixth in the girls 15- to 16-year-old heptathlon 100-meter hurdles, seventh in the girls heptathlon long jump, ninth in the girls heptathlon high jump and 10th in the girls 100- meter hurdles. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

One of the most memorable is witnessing the Maasai Games, where warriors compete in events such as sprinting, javelin throwing, high jump, and rungu throwing. — Nicola Shepherd, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for high jump

• bump
• chump
• clump
• crump
• dump
• gump
• hump
• lump
• plump
• pump
• rump
• slump

Kids Definition

high jump

noun

: a track-and-field event in which competitors try to jump over a high crossbar

high-jump verb

high jumper noun