dismount
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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to bring or throw down, as from a horse; unhorse; throw.
The horse twisted and bucked and finally dismounted its rider.
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to remove (a thing) from its mounting, support, setting, etc..
to dismount a picture.
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to take (a mechanism) to pieces.
noun
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an act or process of dismounting.
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Gymnastics. a move by which a gymnast gets off an apparatus or finishes a floor exercise, usually landing upright on the feet.
verb
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to get off a horse, bicycle, etc
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(tr) to disassemble or remove from a mounting
noun
Other Word Forms
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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dismountsimple
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dismountssimple
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have dismountedperfect
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has dismountedperfect
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am dismountingprogressive
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are dismountingprogressive
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is dismountingprogressive
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have been dismountingperfect progressive
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has been dismountingperfect progressive
Past
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dismountedsimple
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had dismountedperfect
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was dismountingprogressive
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were dismountingprogressive
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had been dismountingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of dismount
1525–35; probably modeled on Medieval Latin dismontāre or Middle French desmonter. See dis- 1, mount 1
Explanation
To dismount is to get or climb off of something. An important part of learning to ride a horse is learning how to dismount. When you ride your bike to work, you'll have to dismount and lock it up before you go inside, and when a gymnast dismounts from the balance beam, she does it with a flourish, sometimes cartwheeling off the end — this move itself is called a dismount. Dismount combines the "opposite of" prefix dis- with the verb mount, or "get up on," from its Latin root mons, "mountain."
Example Sentences
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Sophomore Sydney Barros pumped her fist on the graduate student’s final handstand and McDonald jumped up and down as Esparza stuck her dismount.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2025
After a flawless run, McClenaghan's coach Luke Carson had his head on his hands just before the dismount.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024
Applied to TV, sticking the landing suggests that a finale is the equivalent of a vaulter’s dismount.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
She punctuated her strong showing with a flawless double back dismount, saluting the judges before she was mobbed by her teammates.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Okay, just the dismount left, I thought as I positioned my feet against the chalk mark I’d made on the beam earlier.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
The team’s dismounts were nearly perfect against Nebraska, especially on the balance beam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
It’s around 1919 and Ernest is wearing his World War I uniform when he dismounts a train in Fairfax, an Oklahoma boomtown where luxury cars rumble down dirt roads.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
By now, he may have learned the wisdom of George Ball, the Kennedy administration diplomat who opposed the escalation of the Vietnam War: "He who rides the tiger cannot choose where he dismounts."
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2022
She has two tumbling pass dismounts named after her in the sport’s Code of Points.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2021
In the final rounds, some of us went crooked on bars or wobbled on beam or took little hops on our dismounts.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
Borglum dismounted from his horse, climbed up the mountain face in an ascot, golf pants, and cowboy hat, and began to transform Rushmore into the political monument we know today.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2025
The Israeli troops dismounted and spread out in the yard, and began searching the basement and entering buildings.
From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2023
The huge effort took its toll as he dismounted and sat on the tarmac to get his breath back, before being congratulated by a Soudal Quick-Step teammate.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
As soon as she dismounted from the chair, she realized that she wasn’t ready for the narrow runs.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Booth and Herold entered the pines, dismounted, and tied off their horses.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Ten miles later, they veered off the road into a stretch of woodland, dismounting outside an unmanned gate to a military base.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
She had no hesitation on her jumps and delivered controlled spins before dismounting in style, with just a small hop when landing.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2023
“You can give yourselves a hand,” shouted Olfa Mazouz, dismounting on the sidewalk.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023
Then — after dismounting — the rider will try to restrain it by tying three legs together, in as short a time as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2022
By then the others were dismounting as well, and grooms were coming forward for their mounts.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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