acrobat

/ˈæk.ɹə.bæt/

verb 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

balanced, good, portable

The balanced acrobat walked across the tightrope without losing her footing once.

VERB + ACROBAT

become, isn't

He became an acrobat after years of training in gymnastics and circus arts.

ACROBAT + NOUN

ambition

The young acrobat's ambition was to perform at the biggest circuses in the world.

PREP.

in, on, through, with

The acrobat performed impressive flips on the trapeze while the audience watched in amazement.

ADV.

gracefully

The acrobat gracefully flipped through the air during the circus performance.

Definitions

noun

An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

verb

To practise acrobatics.

Tumbling is different from posturing, and means throwing summersets and walking on your hands; and acrobating means the two together […]

They seem to think as clowning and acrobating is a downright paradise, and comes as naturally to anybody as the measles.

To move like an acrobat (with agility, balance, long leaps, etc.).

We have known […] veteran reporters, so dumbfounded and confounded by the first fire of Ralph, and his grand and lofty acrobating in elocution, that they up, seized their hat and paper, and sloped, horrified at the prospect of an attempt to “take down” Mr. Emerson.

[…] I laughed at the very idea of one of those heavy-pouched, blue-clad fellows catching hold of an agile fellow like I was, who had on more than one occasion acrobated from the engine’s tender back to the rear end of the caboose, by swinging and vaulting from truck to truck, underneath long freight trains running at top speed, with no member of the ever-alert train crew having discovered him.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Tumbling is different from posturing, and means throwing summersets and walking on your hands; and acrobating means the two together […]

Wiktionary

They seem to think as clowning and acrobating is a downright paradise, and comes as naturally to anybody as the measles.

Wiktionary

Mother was teaching me the tight-rope; I’d learned a bit of acrobating, too.

Wiktionary

To be an acrobat is the ambition of almost every boy.

Tatoeba · #847176

Of course, an acrobat must have a perfect sense of balance.

Tatoeba · #2897658

He is an acrobat.

Tatoeba · #2934884

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, acrobat is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

Your note

not saved

0 chars