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1. A footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles
   - hurdling, hurdle race

1. A light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
    
2. An obstacle that you are expected to overcome
   "the last hurdle before graduation"
    
3. The act of jumping over an obstacle
   - vault

1. (sport) jump a hurdle

Type of: barrier, jump, jumping, obstacle, obstruction, overleap, track event, vault

Encyclopedia: Hurdles