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gymnast

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gym·nast  (jmnst, -nst)
n.
A person who is trained and skilled in gymnastics, especially one who engages in competition.

[French gymnaste, from Greek gumnasts, trainer of professional athletes, from gumnazein, to exercise; see gymnasium.]

gymnast [ˈdʒɪmnæst]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Gymnastics) a person who is skilled or trained in gymnastics

gymnast
a person who is involved in or skilled in the art of gymnastics.
See also: Athletics
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gymnastgymnast - an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics
athlete, jock - a person trained to compete in sports
tumbler - a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.
Translations
gymnast [ˈdʒɪmnæst] Ngimnasta mf

gymnast [ˈdʒɪmnæst] ngymnaste mf
She's a gymnast → Elle est gymnaste.

gymnast
nTurner(in) m(f)

gymnast [ˈdʒɪmnæst] nginnasta m/f
gymnast [ˈdʒɪmnæst] nginnasta m/f

gymnast أخصائي الجمنازيوم gymnasta gymnast Turner γυμναστής gimnasta voimistelija gymnaste gimnastičar ginnasta 体操家 체조 선수 gymnast turner gimnastyk ginasta гимнаст gymnast นักกายบริหาร jimnastikçi huấn luyện viên thể dục 体操运动员


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"My colleagues: Philip Ivanitch Nikitin, Mihail Stanislavitch Grinevitch"--and turning to Levin--"a district councilor, a modern district councilman, a gymnast who lifts thirteen stone with one hand, a cattle-breeder and sportsman, and my friend, Konstantin Dmitrievitch Levin, the brother of Sergey Ivonovitch Koznishev.
I was in the simplest and comfortablest of gymnast costumes -- flesh-colored tights from neck to heel, with blue silk puffings about my loins, and bareheaded.
Equally elegant and more miscellaneous and large-hearted in social outlook was Last-Trick's show the year previous, the popular Cannibal Crush Lunch, at which the confections handed round were sarcastically moulded in the forms of human arms and legs, and during which more than one of our gayest mental gymnasts was heard offering to eat his partner.
 
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