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Definition of Triple jump
1. Noun. An athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement.
Exact synonyms: Hop-step-and-jump
Generic synonyms: Athletic Competition, Athletic Contest, Athletics
Generic synonyms: Athletic Competition, Athletic Contest, Athletics
Definition of Triple jump
1. Noun. An athletics field event where one has to travel as far as possible after taking one hop, a step, then a jump ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Triple Jump
Literary usage of Triple jump
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Training of the Body for Games, Athletics, Gymnastics, and Other Forms by Ferdinand August Schmidt (1901)
"Opposed to this is another kind of triple jump, the Hop, Step, and Jump, practised
in England and North America and Australia and in recent days ..."