dismount

UK: /ˌdɪsˈmaʊnt/

US: /v. dɪsˈmaʊnt; n. also ˈdɪsˌmaʊnt/

US: (v. dis mount′; n. dis mount′, dis′mount′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

dis•mount /v. dɪsˈmaʊnt; n. also ˈdɪsˌmaʊnt/   v. [no obj]

1. to get down or climb down from a horse or bicycle:
   She dismounted from the motorcycle.

n. [countable]

2. an act of dismounting, such as in gymnastics:
   a dismount from the balance beam.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

dis•mount  (v. dis mount′;n. dis mount′, dis′mount′), v.i. 

1. to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.

v.t. 

2. to bring or throw down, as from a horse;
   unhorse;
   throw:
   The horse twisted and bucked and finally dismounted its rider.
3. to remove (a thing) from its mounting, support, setting, etc.:
   to dismount a picture.
4. to take (a mechanism) to pieces.

n. 

5. an act or process of dismounting.
6. Sport [Gymnastics.] a move by which a gymnast gets off an apparatus or finishes a floor exercise, usually landing upright on the feet.

• probably modeled on Medieval Latin dismontāre or Middle French desmonter. See dis-¹, mount¹ 1525–35

dis•mount′a•ble, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

dismount / dɪsˈmaʊnt/ verb

1. to get off a horse, bicycle, etc
2. (transitive) to disassemble or remove from a mounting

noun

1. the act of dismounting