gymnast
noun/ˈdʒɪmnæst/
Frequency rank: #12,129 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a person who performs or is trained in gymnastics.
Example sentence
The crowd cheered loudly when the gymnast landed a perfect dismount from the balance beam.
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