acrobat
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros) Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Hellenic *gʷəňňō Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *égʷēn Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs)bor. French acrobateder. English acrobat From French acrobate, from Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs, “walking on tiptoe, climbing aloft”), from ἀκροβατέω (akrobatéō, “to walk on tiptoe”), from ἄκρον (ákron, “highest or farthest point, mountain top, peak”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to walk, step”).
- derived from acrobateder
- derived from *-tósder✻
Definitions
An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of…
An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.
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.
- Mother was teaching me the tight-rope; I’d learned a bit of acrobating, too.
To move like an acrobat (with agility, balance, long leaps, etc.).
- He acrobated into a shirt, pulled up the pants of his good suit, arching to draw them high […]
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