1.  high jump(n = noun.event) - a competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar;
is a kind of field event

2.  high jump(n = noun.act) - the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar;
is a kind of jumping
has particulars: fosbury flop

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