jumping vault

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• Vault (parkour) — In parkour, vaults (French language: passements ), help someone clear over railings, tables, walls, and platforms as efficient and as quickly as possible by jumping or leaping over these obstacles, putting weight onto the object with ones hand(s) …   Wikipedia

• Jumping — [ thumb|right|250px|A acro dancer. This is one of several types of leaps found in dance.] Jumping or leaping is an ability that most humans and many animals share to some degree. It is the process of getting one s body off the ground for a short… …   Wikipedia

• vault — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. arch, dome, cupola; bank vault, safe; tomb, sepulcher, catacomb; dungeon, cell, cellar; leap, jump, pole vault. See interment, store. v. arch; leapover, jump; pole vault. See convexity, curvature. II… …   English dictionary for students

• jumping — noun 1. the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump • Hypernyms: ↑track and field • Hyponyms: ↑broad jump, ↑long jump, ↑high jump 2. the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground he advanced in a series of… …   Useful english dictionary

• jumping pit — noun : the landing area for the high and broad jump and the pole vault events consisting of a pit filled with sawdust or soft loam to cushion the impact * * * jumping pit, a pit filled with sawdust, sand, or rubber chips in which a high jumper or …   Useful english dictionary

• vault — I. n. 1. Arched ceiling, arched roof, continued arch. 2. Cell, cellar. 3. Tomb, crypt, catacomb, repository for the dead. 4. Leap, bound, jump. II. v. a. Arch, cover with an arch, arch over. III. v. n. 1 …   New dictionary of synonyms

• Pole vault — Pole vaulting is an athletic field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole (which today is usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as… …   Wikipedia

• pole vault — noun a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole • Syn: ↑pole vaulting, ↑pole jump, ↑pole jumping • Hypernyms: ↑field event • Part Meronyms: ↑run up * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• pole vault — Track. 1. a field event in which a leap or vault over a crossbar is performed with the aid of a long pole. 2. a leap or vault so performed. [1890 95] * * * Track and field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a… …   Universalium

• Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's pole vault — The men s pole vault was one of four jumping events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. Five athletes competed in the pole vault. The two Americans far outclassed the three Greeks, starting at heights above those which the… …   Wikipedia

• pole vault — noun a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a …   Wiktionary