"pole vault" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pole vaults [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pole vault (plural pole vaults)
  1. (athletics) 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 matted pit Wikipedia link: pole vault Categories (topical): Athletics Related terms: pole-vault, pole-vaulter, pole vaulter, pole-vaulting, pole vaulting Translations (jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole): şüvüllə tullanma (Azerbaijani), овчарски скок (ovčarski skok) [masculine] (Bulgarian), salt de perxa [masculine] (Catalan), 撐竿跳高 (Chinese Mandarin), 撑竿跳高 (chēnggāntiàogāo) (Chinese Mandarin), skok o tyči [masculine] (Czech), stangspring [neuter] (Danish), polsstokspringen [neuter] (Dutch), seiväshyppy (Finnish), saut à la perche [masculine] (French), Stabhochsprung [masculine] (German), άλμα επί κοντώ (álma epí kontó) [neuter] (Greek), rúdugrás (Hungarian), stangarstökk [neuter] (Icelandic), salto con l'asta [masculine] (Italian), 棒高跳 (bōtakatobi) (alt: ぼうたかとび) (Japanese), 棒高跳び (bōtakatobi) (alt: ぼうたかとび) (Japanese), таяқпен секiру (taäqpen sekiru) (Kazakh), peke tītoko (Maori), stavsprang [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), stavsprang [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), skok o tyczce [masculine] (Polish), salto com vara [masculine] (Portuguese), salto à vara [masculine] (Portuguese), săritură cu prăjina [feminine] (Romanian), прыжо́к с шесто́м (pryžók s šestóm) [masculine] (Russian), salto con pértiga [masculine] (Spanish), salto con garrocha [masculine] (Spanish), stavhopp [neuter] (Swedish), baliksuwa (Tagalog), luksong-tikin (Tagalog), sırıkla atlama (Turkish), стрибки́ з жерди́ною (strybký z žerdýnoju) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian), nhảy sào (Vietnamese)

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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole",
      "word": "baliksuwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole",
      "word": "luksong-tikin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole",
      "word": "sırıkla atlama"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "strybký z žerdýnoju",
      "sense": "jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "стрибки́ з жерди́ною"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole",
      "word": "nhảy sào"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pole vault"
}

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