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water jump

water jump

1 6.6
A pool or stream that competitors jump over in races
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : salto de agua
  • In competitive steeplechase events, athletes need to clear a water jump as one of the obstacles.

Examples

  • Watch out for the water jump.

    Anna Karenina (1997)

  • During the steeplechase, the runners must leap over the water jump to continue racing.

  • The water jump was a challenging part of the course, testing the runners' agility and strength.

How Difficult

barrier
309 3.7
wall
∞ 1.0
water jump
  • Specialized
1 6.6
hurdle
15 3.4

Surface Forms

water jump singular
water jumps plural

Morphology

water + jump

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'water' (a body of water) with 'jump' (a leap), yielding 'a jump involving water'—a regular noun compound describing an obstacle. This composition is non-idiomatic and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Water jump comes from horse and running races where riders and runners must leap over a pool of water, so the words water and jump are literal. That's why the phrase now means 'an obstacle' you must jump over in a race.