English Explanatory Dictionary

Fosbury flop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A high jump in which the jumper leaps backward and arches the back over the bar, thereby lowering the jumper's center of gravity below the body while it is aloft.

Word forms

Fosbury flop Fosbury flops

Etymology

Named for Dick Fosbury, who brought the technique to light in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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