What does "high jump" mean?

An athletics event where a competitor must jump over a bar placed gradually higher and higher.

What is a synonym for "high jump"?

Common synonyms include: athletic, bounce, bound, buck, capriole, hop.

noun

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Noun

1
An athletics event where a competitor must jump over a bar placed gradually higher and higher. uncountable
2
the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar wordnet
3
a competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar wordnet

From high + jump.