pole jump
- noun
- /poʊl dʒʌmp/
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- She trained for months to compete in the pole jump at the national championships.
Examples
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His record-breaking pole jump stunned the crowd at the stadium.
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He won the pole jump event last year.
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Many schools now offer lessons in the pole jump as part of their athletics programs.
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The pole jump took place at the Olympic Games.
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She trained for months to compete in the pole jump at the national championships.
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His record-breaking pole jump stunned the crowd at the stadium.
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Many schools now offer lessons in the pole jump as part of their athletics programs.
Synonyms
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4.4
An athletic event where athletes use a long pole to jump over a high bar
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Jumping over a high bar using a long pole for support
A sport where a person uses a long pole to jump over a high bar
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'pole' (a long stick) and 'jump' (to leap): a jump performed using a pole, which naturally points to the athletic event. This noun–noun composition follows regular English compounding and similar logic exists cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words would grasp the general meaning (even if the more technical term is 'pole vault').
Etymology
Pole jump comes from the picture of an athlete using a long pole to jump over a high bar. The image of planting the pole and flying over the bar helps you remember that it means 'a competition where athletes jump over a high bar with help from a long pole'.