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blade-jumper

blade-jumper is the alternative form of blade jumper.

Meaning of blade jumper

Noun

blade jumper (plural blade jumpers)

  1. (informal, disability sports) A para-athlete who runs and jumps in jumping events using prosthetic limbs commonly known as running blades.
    • Last Friday, Hertog became the first ‘blade jumper’ to compete in the able-bodied competition at the Great CityGames Manchester and leapt 7.00m in a contest won by Olympic champion Greg Rutherford with 8.20m.2016, Jessica Whittington, “Ronald Hertog eyes further Paralympics success after long jump switch”, in Athletics World

Forms of blade-jumper

pluralblade-jumpers

Questions about blade-jumper

What is blade-jumper the alternative form of?
Blade-jumper is the alternative form of blade jumper.

Words near blade-jumper in the dictionary

  1. blade of grass
  2. blade runner
  3. blade runners
  4. blade server
  5. blade servers
  6. blade-jumper
  7. blade-runner
  8. blade-runners
  9. blade-woman
  10. blade-women
  11. bladebone

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