dismount
[verb dis-mount; noun dis-mount, dis-mount]
verb (used without object)
to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.
verb (used with object)
to bring or throw down, as from a horse; unhorse; throw: The horse twisted and bucked and finally dismounted its rider.
to remove (a thing) from its mounting, support, setting, etc.: to dismount a picture.
to take (a mechanism) to pieces.
noun
an act or process of dismounting.
Gymnastics. a move by which a gymnast gets off an apparatus or finishes a floor exercise, usually landing upright on the feet.
Nearby words
- dismiss,
- dismissal,
- dismission,
- dismissive,
- dismissively,
- dismutase,
- disnature,
- disney,
- disney, walt,
- disneyfy
Origin of dismount
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dismount
1540s, from dis- + mount (v.). Related: Dismounted; dismounting.
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