show jumping

See also: showjumping

English

Alternative forms

• showjumping

Noun

show jumping (uncountable)

1. An equestrian event in which a rider's horse is jumped over an array of obstacles.

   Synonym: gymkhana

2. A similar event with rabbits instead of ridden horses.
   • 2023, Kathleen Olson, The Big Book of Pointless Knowledge:

     In Sweden, a rabbit show jumping contest is held. The contest is known as kaninhopping and includes a race course for the bunnies using hoops, seesaws, ramps, and fencing.

Related terms

• show jumper

Translations

equestrian event in which a rider's horse is jumped over an array of obstacles

• Bashkir: конкур (konkur)
• Bulgarian: паркур m (parkur)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 場地障礙賽／场地障碍赛 (coeng⁴ dei⁶ zoeng³ ngoi⁶ coi³)

  Mandarin: 場地障礙賽／场地障碍赛 (chǎngdì zhàng’àisài) (Mainland China), 障礙超越／障碍超越 (zhàng'ài chāoyuè) (Taiwan)

• Czech: parkur m
• Finnish: esteratsastus (fi)
• French: saut d’obstacles (fr) m, concours de saut d’obstacles (fr) m
• German: Springreiten (de)
• Hungarian: díjugratás (hu)
• Indonesian: palang rintang
• Japanese: 障害飛越競技 (しょうがいひえつきょうぎ, shōgai fēiyuè kyōgi), 障害馬術 (しょうがいばじゅつ, shōgai bajutsu)
• Kazakh: конкур (konkur)
• Korean: 장애물 비월(障礙物飛越) (jang'aemul biwol)
• Kyrgyz: конкур (konkur)
• Persian: پرش با اسب
• Portuguese: saltos de obstáculos m
• Russian: конку́р (ru) m (konkúr)
• Spanish: salto ecuestre
• Swedish: hästhoppning (sv) c, banhoppning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: конку́р m (konkúr)