running jump
Sprint before launching
A running jump is a jump preceded by a run to build momentum, as opposed to a standing jump from a stationary position.
The phrase appears most often in the British expression take a running jump, a dismissive way of telling someone to go away or stop bothering you—slightly softer than telling them to fuck off.
- leapSudden springing movement
- boundSecured or destined
- hurdleBarrier to leap over
- track and fieldCompetitive stadium sports
- takeoffDeparture or parody
launch · spring · vault · momentum · stride · approach · runway · soar · launch pad · pole vault · athletic · long distance · track · distance · airborne · air time · liftoff · hop
- Jumpshop, leap, bound, skip, bounce
- jumping abilityvertical leap, hang time, spring, bounce, hops
- Parkourparkour, freerunning, vault, wall run, cat leap
- pool jumpscannonball, belly flop, swan dive, jackknife, can opener
- Field Daysack race, three-legged race, relay race, tug of war, egg and spoon race
- field eventsshot put, discus throw, javelin throw, hammer throw, pole vault
approach momentum
running jumpstanding jump
Jump without forward momentum
standing broad jump · vertical jump · standing start · box jump · squat jump
running, jump, runs, runner, runners, runny, overrun, jumps, jumped