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frog jump (複数形 frog jumps)

1. A jump made by a frog.
   • 2009, Edward S. Barnard, Frogs, page 22:

     The longest recorded frog jump in the United States was made in 1986 by a frog named Rosie the Ribiter.

2. A jump that starts from a squatting position with palms on the ground in front of the body (または, in some cases, from a standing position, with legs spread wide かつ palms on a raised platform in front), where much the momentum comes from pushing off with the hands.
   • 1964 May, Tom MacPherson, “The Jumpers of Calaveras”, in Boys' Life, volume 54, number 5, page 71:

     Saturday's events are the junior and senior frog-jump preliminaries in the morning, and in the afternoon the qualifying trials for the International Frog Jump.

   • 2017, Col N Hemachandra Singh, Admission No 857:

     He ordered them to start the frog jump.

   • 2018, Phillip Ward, Harry Lehwald, Effective Physical Education Content and Instruction, page 92:

     The frog jump is an important action for vaulting and for weight bearing.