gymnast
noun/ˈdʒɪmnæst/
/ˈdʒɪmnæst/
- a person who performs gymnastics, especially in a competition
- Young gymnasts have to train for up to five hours a day.
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: other sportsc1- the Olympic gymnast who won a gold medal on a sprained ankle
- She was a promising young gymnast until she injured her back.
- He swung down from the tree like a gymnast.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brilliant
- elite
- good
- …
- train
- compete
- perform
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French gymnaste or Greek gumnastēs ‘trainer of athletes’, from gumnazein ‘exercise naked’, from gumnos ‘naked’.Definitions on the go
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