an entertainer who performs acts that require skill, agility, and coordination, such as tumbling, swinging from a trapeze, or walking a tightrope a person noted for his or her frequent and rapid changes of position or allegiances: a political acrobat
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ac•ro•bat /ˈækrəˌbæt/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Sporta performer of gymnastic feats.
ac•ro•bat
(ak′rə bat′),USA pronunciation n.
- Sporta skilled performer of gymnastic feats, as walking on a tightrope or swinging on a trapeze.
- a person who readily changes viewpoints or opinions.
- Greek akróbatos walking on tiptoe, equivalent. to akro- acro- + -batos, verbal adjective, adjectival of baínein to go; French word may be recoinage, or etymological reading of the Greek word
- French acrobate
- 1815–25
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