Crossword clues for acrobatics
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1859, from acrobatic; also see -ics. Also acrobatism (1864). In early 20c. acrobacy (from French acrobacie) sometimes was used.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats. 2 A spectacular display of agility.
WordNet
n. the gymnastic moves of an acrobat [syn: tumbling]
the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft [syn: aerobatics, stunting, stunt flying]
Wikipedia
Acrobatics (from Greek ἀκροβατέω akrobateō, "walk on tiptoe, strut") is the performance of extraordinary feats of balance, agility, and motor coordination. It can be found in many of the performing arts, sports (sporting) events, and martial arts. Acrobatics is most often associated with activities that make extensive use of gymnastic elements, such as acro dance, circus, and gymnastics, but many other athletic activities — such as ballet and diving — may also employ acrobatics. Although acrobatics is most commonly associated with human body performance, it may also apply to other types of performance, such as aerobatics.
Usage examples of "acrobatics".
On earth, performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation is demanding enough, in microgravity, it is a nightmare of complex acrobatics, with drifting equipment, tubes and tangling in midair, syringes filled with precious drugs away.
For the next twenty minutes, Marty had the massive four engine bomber performing a circus act of aerial acrobatics, putting it through spins and loops and chandelles with flawless precision--all for the sheer joy of it.
It was describing loops, turns, chandelles and other aerial acrobatics over their heads.
While the dragons dueled with increasingly complex acrobatics, Eragon became aware of a disturbance on the Burning Plains: the spellcasters of Du Vrangr Gata were beset by two new magicians from the Empire.
Madame Mao also ordered two young champions from the Beijing Martial Arts School and the Beijing Acrobatics School to 181 join us as model students.
X and his (male) companions observed with scientific de-tachment the relationship between Babygirl and He (as, in codified shorthand, they referred to him): how, initially, the pair resisted each other most strenuously, even hysterically, Babygirl shrieking even through the gag stuffed in her mouth as He was netted in the bed with her, such a struggle, such acrobatics, He squeaking in animal panic edged with indignant rage, biting, clawing, fighting as if for His very life, and Babygirl, despite her flaccid muscles and her seem-ingly indolent ways, putting up a fight as if for her very life!
She did a backflip on the table, but her heart wasn't in the acrobatics.
Elements of Kina myth could be hammered into conformity with the tenets of the only true religion, given a quick coat of blackwash, and I would have completed a course of religious acrobatics elegant enough to spark the pride of my childhood teachers.
He had wings and performed aerial acrobatics over the heads of the crowds of sunbathers at Coney Island.
For a few farthings, a visitor could watch street acrobatics, performing dogs, and freak shows, or get drunk.
At the same time, Tip and Huf had been informed by the Aurigaean Mrdini chief and their joy to be going home was expressed in the form of incredible joyous acrobatics of such complexity that everyone in the Raven-Lyon household stopped whatever they were doing to see their display.
The place was full of the things-miniature skeletons playing fireman's pole on the swizzle sticks and skating on the ice trays, an entire skeletal army performing acrobatics on the vast chandelier.
However, within a few minutes of his waking, some of the little fish that had done acrobatics around Melusine, showed up.
When McAndrew wasn't busy inside his head, staring at the wall in front of him and performing the mental acrobatics that he called theoretical physics, we talked, played and exercised.
They had a wire-haired fox terrier named Flip who belonged to them but also did acrobatics in the clown act.