dismount
noun/ˈdɪsmaʊnt/
/ˈdɪsmaʊnt/
- a move in which a gymnast jumps off a piece of equipment or finishes a set of exercises
- She performed a backflip and finished with a perfect dismount.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from dis- + mount ‘ get up on something’, probably on the pattern of Old French desmonter, medieval Latin dismontare.Definitions on the go
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