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FOSBURY FLOP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Fosbury flop mean?
• FOSBURY FLOP (noun)
The noun FOSBURY FLOP has 1 sense:
1. jumping over the bar backwards and head first
Familiarity information: FOSBURY FLOP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Jumping over the bar backwards and head first
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("Fosbury flop" is a kind of...):
high jump (the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar)
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