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acrobatic

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ac·ro·bat  (kr-bt)
n.
1. One who is skilled in feats of balance and agility in gymnastics.
2. One who changes one's viewpoint on short notice in response to the circumstances.
[French acrobate, from Greek akrobats : akros, high; see acro- + bainein, bat-, to walk; see gw- in Indo-European roots.]
acro·batic adj.
acro·bati·cal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.acrobaticacrobatic - vigorously active; "an acrobatic dance"; "an athletic child"; "athletic playing"; "gymnastic exercises"
gymnastic, athletic
active - characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action"
Translations
acrobatic [ækrəˈbætɪk] adj → acrobático
acrobatic [ækrəˈbætɪk] adj → acrobatique
acrobatic [ækrəˈbætɪk] acrobat adj → akrobatisch
acrobatic [ækrəˈbætɪk] adj → acrobatico/a


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The performance was much like all acrobatic displays; but it must be confessed that the Japanese are the first equilibrists in the world.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
From the topmost peak of reason James teaches to cease reasoning and to have faith that all is well and will be well--the old, oh, ancient old, acrobatic flip of the metaphysicians whereby they reasoned reason quite away in order to escape the pessimism consequent upon the grim and honest exercise of reason.
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All about me giant grasshoppers, twice as big as any I had ever seen, were doing acrobatic feats among the dried vines.
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