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acrobatic, a. and n. pl.|ˌækrəˈbætɪk|
[f. prec. + -ic. Cf. mod.Fr. acrobatique.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to an acrobat, gymnastic performer, or tumbler.
1861Bp. G. Smith 10 Weeks in Japan xxvi. 373 One of the actors came forth before the crowd of holiday-makers and performed a variety of acrobatic evolutions. 1880A. Trollope Duke's Children III. x. 109 The acrobatic manœuvre which had carried Mr. Spooner over the peril.
B. n. pl. Acrobatic performances or feats. Also transf. and fig.
1882G. Macdonald Weighed & Wanting II. iv. 28 There was not much popular receptivity for acrobatics in the streets. 1890Athenæum 22 Feb. 239/1 The art and science of what may be called acrobatics have never yet received really adequate treatment. 1915Morn. Post 20 Apr. 7/7 The German railway acrobatics. 1917W. J. Locke Red Planet ix, A mind trained in the acrobatics of a Calvinistic Theology. 1922Daily Mail 4 Dec. 11 Habton is a very fast chaser, but rather given to acrobatics. |