acrobatics
noun [U] /ˌæk.rəˈbæt.ɪks/
/-ˈbæt̬-/ Definition
› the skills of an acrobat: He had spent the last ten years in a Peking Opera school, studying martial arts and acrobatics.Carnival, fairground and circus
(Definition of acrobatics noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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