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as in gymnast
one who performs feats of physical strength, balance, and agility on special apparatus
a child who is a natural acrobat with a superb sense of balance
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as in chameleon
a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions
a political acrobat whose opinion on any issue is whatever will get the most votes
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Take, for example, the shoes the flying acrobats wear on the Wheel of Death.
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Ryan Slattery, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2025
And Ronan pivots from Rona's quieter moments of desperation to her feral drunken binges with an acrobat's skill, never playing one false note.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
Every Business Is Now In Show Business Picture this: 45,000 people from 140 countries, hanging out in downtown San Francisco with Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson and Pink, who is literally swinging like an acrobat across the crowd.
—Martin Kihn, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
But Monfils, tennis acrobat and magician, did the math.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Slattery, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2025
And Ronan pivots from Rona's quieter moments of desperation to her feral drunken binges with an acrobat's skill, never playing one false note.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
Every Business Is Now In Show Business Picture this: 45,000 people from 140 countries, hanging out in downtown San Francisco with Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson and Pink, who is literally swinging like an acrobat across the crowd.
—Martin Kihn, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
But Monfils, tennis acrobat and magician, did the math.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Acrobat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrobat. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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