triple jump
An athletics field event where one has to travel as far as possible after taking one…An athletics field event where one has to travel as far as possible after taking one hop, a step, then a jump.
» He is sure to set a new record in the triple jump.
Er wird bestimmt im Dreisprung einen neuen Rekord aufstellen. — xtofu80
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1 senses(uncountable)An athletics field event where one has to travel as far as possible after taking one hop, a step, then a jump.
Dreisprung
тройно́й прыжо́кtrojnój pryžók
- an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement
Examples
1 sentencesHe is sure to set a new record in the triple jump.
deEr wird bestimmt im Dreisprung einen neuen Rekord aufstellen. — xtofu80
Translations
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement:hop-step-and-jump
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.