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triple jump Definition

triple jump

noun

a track-and-field event in which each contestant, after a running start, makes three consecutive jumps for total distance, landing after the first on the same foot used in the takeoff, after the second on the opposite foot, and after the third on both feet

triple jump Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • win: In the under-11 girls ' events, Aliyah Reid won the chest push and one-lap race, and Lauren Whitehouse won the triple jump.

Adjective modifier

  • standing: If two of our girls hadn't put themselves forward for the standing triple jump Hertfordshire might not have won.