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gymnast

/ˈdʒɪmnɪst/
/ˈdʒɪmnəst/
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Other forms: gymnasts

A gymnast is a person who trains in and practices the sport of gymnastics. If you become a gymnast, you'll learn to walk and jump and even do cartwheels on a balance beam.

Athletes who participate in gymnastics are gymnasts. During competitions, gymnasts perform routines on uneven and parallel bars; vault over a special "horse" or table; and demonstrate a series of floor moves including back flips, handstands, and leaps. Gymnast comes from gymnastics, which is based on the Greek gynmastikos, "skilled in bodily exercise," from the root gymnazein, "to exercise."

Definitions of gymnast
  1. noun
    an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics
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    examples:
    Olga Korbut
    Soviet gymnast (born in 1955)
    types:
    tumbler
    a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
    turner
    a tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
    type of:
    athlete, jock
    a person trained to compete in sports
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/ˈdʒɪmnɪst/
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/ˈdʒɪmnəst/
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