Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who is trained and skilled in gymnastics, especially one who engages in competition.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is skilled in athletic exercises; one who is expert in or is a teacher of gymnastics.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who teaches or practices gymnastic exercises; the manager of a gymnasium; an athlete.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who performs
gymnastics
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This level of analysis will tell you a compact gymnast is favored and a good baseball pitcher is usually tall.
tingilinde: 2009
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This level of analysis will tell you a compact gymnast is favored and a good baseball pitcher is usually tall.
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(Larissa Latynina, a gymnast from the Soviet Union in the 1950s and '60s, won 18 medals overall, nine golds).
USATODAY.com - This time, Thompson couldn't save the day 2004
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Obama has the same qualities as a certain Chinese gymnast I know of.
Michelle Malkin 2008
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A stand-in gymnast who did multiple back flips to represent Brundle’s increased mutant strength at the start of Act II received a big round of applause as well.
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A stand-in gymnast who did multiple back flips to represent Brundle’s increased mutant strength at the start of Act II received a big round of applause as well.
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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More importantly than the return of Grace Taylor the gymnast was the return of Grace Taylor the person.
The Red and Black MICHAEL FITZPATRICK 2010
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More importantly than the return of Grace Taylor the gymnast was the return of Grace Taylor the person.
The Red and Black MICHAEL FITZPATRICK 2010
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You might not necessarily guess it unless you knew, but one who performs gymnastics is in fact a "gymnast" and not a "gymnist."
Observations on the cone shunn 2004
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You might not necessarily guess it unless you knew, but one who performs gymnastics is in fact a "gymnast" and not a "gymnist."
Observations on the cone shunn 2004
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