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calisthenics
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. light exercise designed to promote general fitness [syn: callisthenics , calisthenic exercise , callisthenic exercise ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Calisthenics are exercises consisting of a variety of gross motor movements; often rhythmical and generally without equipment or apparatus. They are, in essence, body-weight training. They are intended to increase body strength, body fitness, and flexibility, ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ By the time she was 35, she was teaching two aerobics classes and four half-hour sessions of calisthenics a day. ▪ I believe helping others is one of the most positive, salubrious forms of social calisthenics . ▪ I will do five ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1847 ( calisthenic (adj.) is from 1839), formed on model of French callisthenie , from Latinized comb. form of Greek kallos "beauty" (see Callisto ) + sthenos "strength" + -ics . Originally, gymnastic exercises suitable for girls and meant to develop the ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context in the plural English) gymnastic exercises, especially morning exercises, done to keep one's body healthy. 2 (context in the singular English) A system of such exercises.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calisthenics \Cal`is*then"ics\, n. The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength, gracefulness, and general fitness; light gymnastics. Syn: calisthenics, calisthenic exercise, callisthenic exercise.
Usage examples of calisthenics.
It continued like that for two weeks, waking at dawn for calisthenics and brainteasers, telling Katie my half-baked ideas about Colonna so that she would have to slow down to listen, then forcing myself to run faster so that she would have less time to tell me how I was wrong.
At 4:30 we all gathered on the deck for calisthenics, then the dogs were fed and dinner was served at 6:30.
Over the next five hours, every time he looked up from his test paper, he saw his shipmates doing calisthenics in the hot sun.
Every morning, when she went onto the lawn before breakfast to do her calisthenics, Nalia went too.
But then, by the time she is out on the lawn, preparing for her calisthenics, the nightmare is forgotten and she is a girl again herself.
Every morning, they go down to the lower lawn to do their calisthenics together.
She glowered at the dog Aida, who had risen from the basket and removing the last remains of sleep from her system by a series of calisthenics of her own invention, as if she suspected her of masculinity.
The Emir had never been particularly athletic at any age, to judge by these sorry specimens, who were puffing and sweating their way through the simple calisthenics and who were identically flabby around the middle despite their youth.
You've got a few things to learn about women, Niiii-other than calisthenics in bed, and from rumors I bear, you're getting plenty of that.
You've got a few things to learn about women, Nim-other than calisthenics in bed, and from rumors I hear, you're getting plenty of that.
The nearby gym was occupied by fellows either practicing basketball or boxing calisthenics and the walls echoed with thuddings, bouncings and whistles blowing, like a grotesque sound track.
They actually got to walk from one end of the sandbar to the other, to stretch, bend, draw in deep chestfuls of air, and try a few basic calisthenics, which invigorated Keene but caused twinges of pain in Charlie's injured calf.
Captain Nikolev watched the baseball players at their strenuous calisthenics, and thought glumly that the military should adopt such daily exercises.
Far down the slopes of New Chusan, the Leased Territories were coming awake: the Senderos streaming out of their barracks and lining up in the streets to chant and sing through their morning calisthenics.
Sweating, head spinning uselessly, Skeeter did what he was forced to do, vaulting low hurdles awkwardly and going through the motions of the calisthenics.