acrobatics
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ac·ro·bat·ics
(ăk′rə-băt′ĭks)n.
1.
a. (used with a pl. verb) The gymnastic moves of an acrobat.
b. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The art, skill, or performance of an acrobat.
2. (used with a pl. verb) A display of spectacular virtuosic skill and agility: vocal acrobatics.
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acrobatics
(ˌækrəˈbætɪks)n
1. (functioning as plural) the skills or feats of an acrobat
2. (functioning as singular) the art of an acrobat
3. (functioning as plural) any activity requiring agility and skill: mental acrobatics.
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ac•ro•bat•ics
(ˌæk rəˈbæt ɪks)n.
1. (used with a pl. v.) the feats of an acrobat; gymnastics.
2. (used with a sing. v.) the art or practice of acrobatic feats.
3. (used with a pl. v.) something performed with remarkable agility and ease: verbal acrobatics.
[1880–85]
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Acrobatics
See also athletics; tightrope walking.
the acrobat’s art; hence, other kinds of stunts, as aircraft acrobatics. Also spelled acrobatism.
acrobatics.
one who performs feats that require an unusual sense of balance, as a tightrope walker.
the art of walking a tightrope. — funambulist, n.
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| Noun | 1. |  acrobatics - the gymnastic moves of an acrobat gymnastics, gymnastic exercise - a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt - a stunt performed by an acrobat |
| 2. |  acrobatics - the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft |
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acrobatics
noun gymnastics, balancing, tumbling, tightrope walking Students are trained in clowning, dance and acrobatics.
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Translations
akrobacie
akrobatik
akrobatika
fimleikar
akrobacia
akrobasicambazlık
acrobatics
[ˌækrəʊˈbætɪks] NPL → acrobacia fsing; (as profession) → acrobacia fsing, acrobatismo msing (Aer) → vuelo msing acrobáticomental/verbal acrobatics → malabarismos mpl mentales/verbales
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acrobatics
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acrobat
(ˈӕkrəbӕt) noun a person in a circus etc who performs gymnastics.
ˌacroˈbatic adjectiveˌacroˈbatics noun plural
acrobatic performances.
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