acrobatics
pronunciation
How to pronounce acrobatics in British English:
UK [ˌækrəˈbætɪks]
How to pronounce acrobatics in American English:
US [ˌækrəˈbætɪks]
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- Noun:
- the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
- the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
Word Origin
- acrobatics (n.)
- 1859, from acrobatic; also see -ics. Also acrobatism (1864). In early 20c. acrobacy (from French acrobacie) sometimes was used.
Example
- 1. She was eight years old , the same age I was when I began sports acrobatics .
- 2. These little guys are masters of acrobatics , well-known for jumping out of the water and spinning in the air as they swim .
- 3. Actually achieving the total life makeover , much promised around this time of year , would require impossible psychological acrobatics : somehow you 'd have to change everything about yourself while simultaneously being the self who is directing the changes .
- 4. We expect his european counterparts , led by an economically unsophisticated french president and german chancellor , and an italian prime minister specialising in legal acrobatics , to demand command-and-control global regulations .
- 5. The process of selecting and securing a partner , whether for conceiving and rearing children , or for enhancing one 's socioeconomic standing , or for attempting motel-room acrobatics , or merely for finding companionship in a cold and lonely universe , is as consequential as it can be inefficient or irresolute .