Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to an acrobat or his performances: as, acrobatic feats; acrobatic entertainments.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to an acrobat.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to an acrobat.
  • adjective vigorously active

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective vigorously active

Etymologies

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From acrobat +‎ -ic.

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Examples

  • In a back-and-forth overtime, Bowen made his only basket of the game in acrobatic fashion to give Denver a 96-95 lead with 5.4 seconds remaining.

    National Basketball Association - Nuggets vs. Raptors 2001

  • Highly skilled and rigorously trained in Chinese acrobatic tradition, this award-winning troupe has performed in over 30 countries all over the world.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Highly skilled and rigorously trained in Chinese acrobatic tradition, this award-winning troupe has performed in over 30 countries all over the world.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Highly skilled and rigorously trained in Chinese acrobatic tradition, this award-winning troupe has performed in over 30 countries all over the world.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • The 38-year-old model, best known as the acrobatic Doritos girl, and Monteverde are already parents to Estela, 4.

    Ali Landry Gives Birth to a Boy 2011

  • "Zarkana," which is grandly described as an acrobatic rock opera—the description is one-third accurate—and includes visuals like rolling eyeballs, writhing snakes and an enormous spider web, centers on Zark oh, please, turn off the Zark, a red-caped magician who's trying to locate his lost love and his lost powers.

    A Family Wired For Thrills Joanne Kaufman 2011

  • Those whose little bodies are especially adapted to it are allowed to take up so-called acrobatic dancing, and it is not surprising that the heels-over-head idea appeals as it does to the juvenile mind.

    The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession Ned Wayburn

  • MEMPHIS - A raccoon described as acrobatic and mean-spirited knocked out power to a section of downtown Memphis that included two hospitals and the newspaper for more than five hours.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2010

  • (5/14/2008) A raccoon described as acrobatic and mean-spirited knocked out power to a section of downtown Memphis that included two hospitals and the newspaper for more than five hours.

    CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for Breaking News, Weather, and Sports 2010

  • (5/14/2008) A raccoon described as acrobatic and mean-spirited knocked out power to a section of downtown Memphis that included two hospitals and the newspaper for more than five hours.

    WBBM CBS 2 Chicago Top Videos Videos 2010

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