FOSBURY

Pronunciation (US):

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• FOSBURY (noun)
  The noun FOSBURY has 1 sense:

1. United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947)

  Familiarity information: FOSBURY used as a noun is very rare.

• FOSBURY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Dick Fosbury; Fosbury; Richard D. Fosbury

Instance hypernyms:

athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)