triple jump

noun

An athletics field event where one has to travel as far as possible after taking one hop, a step, then a jump.

Similar
hop, step and jumphop-step-and-jump
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Meanings

nountriple jump (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn athletics field event where one has to travel as far as possible after taking one hop, a step, then a jump.

    Synonyms: hop, step and jump

verbtriple jump (third-person singular simple present triple jumps, present participle triple jumping, simple past and past participle triple jumped)

present singular third person triple jumps · participle present triple jumping · participle past triple jumped · past triple jumped

  1. To perform in this athletics event.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn athletics field event where one has to travel as far as possible after taking one hop, a step, then a jump.

Similar
hop, step and jump

More synonyms by meaning

nounan athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement

Similar
hop-step-and-jump
Broader
athletic contestathletic competitionathletics
Also see
hop, step and jump

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 三級跳 /三级跳
  • 三級跳 /三级跳 (sānjítiào)athletics field event
Czech trojskok
  • trojskokathletics field event
Danish trespring
  • trespringathletics field event
Dutch hinkstapspringen
  • hinkstapspringenathletics field event
Finnish kolmiloikka
  • kolmiloikkaathletics field event
French triple saut
  • triple sautathletics field event
German Dreisprung
  • Dreisprungathletics field event
Greek τρπλούν, άλμα εις τριπλούν
  • τρπλούν (trploún)athletics field event
  • άλμα εις τριπλούν (álma eis triploún)athletics field event
Hebrew קפיצה משולשת
  • קפיצה משולשת (kfitsá meshuléshet)athletics field event
Hungarian hármasugrás
  • hármasugrásathletics field event
Icelandic þrístökk
  • þrístökkathletics field event
Japanese 三段跳, 三段跳び
  • 三段跳athletics field event
  • 三段跳び (sandantobi)athletics field event
Korean 세단뛰기, 삼단뛰기
  • 세단뛰기 (sedanttwigi)athletics field event
  • 삼단뛰기 (samdanttwigi)athletics field event
  • 삼단도 (samdando)athletics field event
Polish trójskok
  • trójskokathletics field event
Portuguese salto triplo, triplo salto
  • salto triploathletics field event
  • triplo saltoathletics field event
Russian тройно́й прыжо́к
  • тройно́й прыжо́к (trojnój pryžók)athletics field event
Spanish triple salto
  • triple saltoathletics field event
Swedish tresteg
  • trestegathletics field event
Cite this entry
APA

triple jump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triple%20jump

MLA

“triple jump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triple%20jump. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “triple jump,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triple%20jump.

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