pole jumper

1. 1.

   an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole

   Synonymsvaulterpole vaulter

   Broaderathlete

Questions about pole jumper

What does pole jumper mean?

pole jumper means "an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole".

What is another word for pole jumper?

Close synonyms include vaulter, pole vaulter. 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 pole jumper a common word?

pole jumper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.