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Fosbury flop

Fos·bur·y flop [ fòzbəree flóp ]


noun 
Definition:
 
high jump technique: in the high jump, a technique in which the contestant clears the bar with the back of the shoulders followed by the arched body

[Mid-20th century. After Richard (Dick) Fosbury (b. 1947), U.S. athlete]
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