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Definition of "long-jumper" []

  • An athlete who competes in the long jump. (noun)

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Use "long-jumper" in a sentence
  • "English long-jumper JJ Jegede implemented a uniquely British twist to his training by jumping over three Minis in front of London Bridge."
  • "Orlando Mendez-Valdez missed a long-jumper for Western Kentucky, and Anthony Salley was called for goaltending on Jeff Jordan's fast-break layup to make it 71-68."
  • "And one of my favourite baroque buildings in the world, the church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, in Rome, by Francesco Borromini, is crammed into such a tiny Roman corner that a half-decent long-jumper would easily clear the entire complex: church, sacristy, monastery and cloister."