vaulter
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈvɔltər/
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- The talented vaulter cleared the bar at 5.5 meters during the championship.
- a pole vaulter
I was a pole vaulter in in high school.
- I was a pole vaulter in in high school.
- Speaking of, shall we say, the bathing suit area, take a second here to check out Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita's failed attempt at qualifying.
- So if you think of a pole vaulter, the key thing the pole vaulter has to do is get its body to the right place when the pole gets stuck.
- For example, there are humans that are pole vaulters, philosophers, airplane pilots, poets, pianists, and that's just the piece.
Examples
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Figure 5. In 1991, Ukrainian Sergei Bubka became the first pole vaulter to clear 20 feet (6.1 m).
Academic text (1999) -
Both are pole vaulters on West Linn's track team, Hanchett said.
Blog text (14) -
I was a pole vaulter in in high school.
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Did you ever hear of a rich pole vaulter?
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I have been following with interest the progress towards London 2012 of Olympic pole vaulter Steve Hooker over the past few months.
Blog text (17) -
Pole vaulters do not need much in the way of springing.
Academic text (1999) -
The Kennedys owned the Greenstream Farm, and their son Darryl was our best pole-vaulter.
Fiction book (1993) -
A rough calculation of the energy stored in the bent pole shown in figure 5 indicates that it is more than enough to propel a skilled vaulter over a bar 6 m high.
Academic text (1999) -
Gold medalist Amy Chow made the switch from gymnastics, becoming first a successful pole vaulter before becoming a national-level diver.
Blog text (12) -
Top pole-vaulters weigh about 80 kg and can clear a bar 6 m off the ground to attain a maximum potential energy of about 5 kJ.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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3.1
An athlete who jumps in events like the high or long jump
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3.9
A person or animal that jumps, often in sport
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4.0
An athlete who uses a long pole to jump over a high bar
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7.9
A person who jumps or leaps in sports like the high jump
A person who uses a long pole to jump over a high bar in sport
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word vaulter comes from the verb vault and the ending -er, and vault originally meant 'to jump' or 'leap' over something. So a vaulter is simply a person who uses a long pole to 'jump' over a high bar.