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Definition of Acrobatics
1. Noun. The gymnastic moves of an acrobat.
Generic synonyms: Gymnastic Exercise, Gymnastics
Terms within: Acrobatic Feat, Acrobatic Stunt
Derivative terms: Acrobatic, Tumble
2. Noun. The performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft.
Generic synonyms: Flight, Flying
Specialized synonyms: Spin, Tailspin
Derivative terms: Stunt
Definition of Acrobatics
1. Noun. The art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats. ¹
2. Noun. A spectacular display of agility. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acrobatics
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acrobatics
Literary usage of Acrobatics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theatrical and Circus Life: Or, Secrets of the Stage, Green-room and Sawdust by John Joseph Jennings (1882)
"acrobatics AND EQUESTRIANISM. Nearly every man connected with the ring work of
a circus is an acrobat of one kind or other. His ability may be limited to ..."
2. The Great Tradition: A Book of Selections from English and American Prose by James Holly Hanford (1919)
"Political acrobatics [Gulliver, an English surgeon, is shipwrecked in the country
of the Lilliputians, a race of pigmies. After many surprising 1 "These ..."
3. Aviation in the U.S. Army, 1919-1939 by Maurer Maurer (1987)
"acrobatics Air raid drills required public support, as did military aviation in
general. Army pilots continued to give exhibitions at air races and air ..."
4. Incidents in the Lives of Editors by Arthur Scott White (1920)
"... from that crowd of several thousand people and for the moment the man who had
escaped two forms of death by quick thinking and nervy acrobatics seemed ..."
5. Aviation Medicine in the A. E. F. by William Holland Wilmer (1920)
"Pilots of this past meeting French machines in the air, will not fly closer to
them than 500 meters nor practice acrobatics near them. 10. ..."
6. Pat Crowe, Aviator: Skylark Views and Letters from France, Including the by James Richard Crowe (1919)
"I wish I could share with you the Sport Supreme — acrobatics. ... Many people in
acrobatics lose all interest in Mr. Hoover and his " Food will win the war, ..."
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