Phrase guide

triple jump

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hop, step and jump

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To perform in this athletics event.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hop-step-and-jump

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 三級跳 /三级跳 (sānjítiào) — athletics field event
  • Czech: trojskok — athletics field event
  • Danish: trespring — athletics field event
  • Dutch: hinkstapspringen — athletics field event
  • Finnish: kolmiloikka — athletics field event
  • French: triple saut — athletics field event
  • German: Dreisprung — athletics field event
  • Greek: τρπλούν (trploún) — athletics field event
  • Greek: άλμα εις τριπλούν (álma eis triploún) — athletics field event
  • Hebrew: קפיצה משולשת (kfitsá meshuléshet) — athletics field event
  • Hungarian: hármasugrás — athletics field event
  • Icelandic: þrístökk — athletics field event
  • Japanese: 三段跳 (sandantobi) — athletics field event
  • Korean: 세단뛰기 (sedanttwigi) — athletics field event
  • Korean: 삼단뛰기 (samdanttwigi) — athletics field event
  • Korean: 삼단도 (samdando) — athletics field event
  • Polish: trójskok — athletics field event
  • Portuguese: salto triplo — athletics field event
  • Portuguese: triplo salto — athletics field event
  • Russian: тройно́й прыжо́к (trojnój pryžók) — athletics field event
  • Spanish: triple salto — athletics field event
  • Swedish: tresteg — athletics field event