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broad jump
1broad-jump
2[brawd-juhmp]
verb (used without object)
broad jump
noun
an excercise and athletic contest in which competitors try to jump the farthest distance possible from a standing start from a fixed board or mark
a former name for the long jump
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of broad jump1
Example Sentences
Last year, he set a world record in the scissors broad jump with a mark of 38 feet, 7 inches when competing for Mount Edgecumbe High School, a boarding school in Sitka.
He also had a 36.5-inch vertical jump and a broad jump reaching 10 feet, 5 inches.
Brown was undeterred by his wretched week that included equally awful vertical and broad jumps, declaring, “I’ve been fat my whole life. I wish I was fast.”
The authors wrote that since the close of 2021 tighter financial conditions have been driven by lower stock prices, the broad jump in interest rates, including those affecting home borrowing, and a stronger dollar.
Richardson, who ran a 4.43-second 40-yard dash and set scouting combine position records for the vertical and broad jumps, has drawn favorable comparisons to Cam Newton, taken first overall by the Panthers in 2011.
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When To Use
The broad jump is another name for the long jump, a track-and-field competition in which athletes attempt to complete the longest jump forward jump with a running start and a single leap.Depending on what the event is being called, an attempt in the event (the jump itself) can be called a long jump or a broad jump, and a competitor in the event can be called a long jumper or a broad jumper.In the summer Olympic Games (the Summer Games), the event is officially called the long jump. It is also part of the modern decathlon.Sometimes, the term broad jump is used to refer to a version of the long jump that’s done from a standing position. This is sometimes used as one of the measures of a person’s overall athletic ability, as part of assessments in physical education or for sports like football.Example: We did the broad jump in gym glass today, and I had the longest one in the class!
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