broad jump

Questions about broad jump

What does broad jump mean?

broad jump means "a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for broad jump?

Close synonyms include long jump, long jump. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is broad jump a common word?

broad jump is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.