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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Examples
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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.
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Highly skilled and rigorously trained in Chinese acrobatic tradition, this award-winning troupe has performed in over 30 countries all over the world.
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Highly skilled and rigorously trained in Chinese acrobatic tradition, this award-winning troupe has performed in over 30 countries all over the world.
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Highly skilled and rigorously trained in Chinese acrobatic tradition, this award-winning troupe has performed in over 30 countries all over the world.
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The 38-year-old model, best known as the acrobatic Doritos girl, and Monteverde are already parents to Estela, 4.
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"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
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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
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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.
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(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
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(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.
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