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acrobats

/ˈækrəbæts/

Meanings
noun
An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination.

Examples :

"The acrobats at the circus amazed the audience with their incredible flips and balancing skills. "
sport entertainment human person ability action

Related Words

Illustration coordination

coordination noun

/koʊˌɔɹdɪˈneɪʃən/

The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.

"The team's excellent coordination allowed them to complete the project ahead of schedule. "

Illustration requiring

requiring verb

/ɹɪˈkwaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/

To ask (someone) for something; to request.

"The teacher is requiring students to submit their essays by Friday. "

Illustration skills

skills verb

/skɪlz/

To set apart; separate.

"The judge skills the competitors based on their performance and technique. "

Illustration athlete

athlete noun

/ˈæθ.lit/ /ˈæθ.liːt/

A participant in a group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.

"The school's track and field team has many talented athletes. "

Illustration performs

performs verb

/pərˈfɔrmz/ /pəˈfɔrmz/

To do something; to execute.

"It took him only twenty minutes to perform the task."

Illustration incredible

incredible adjective

/ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbəl/ /ɪŋˈkɹɛdəbəl/

Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable.

"The story of the student who got a perfect score on every test seemed incredible; no one believed it was possible. "

Illustration circus

circus noun

/ˈsɜːkəs/ /ˈsɝkəs/

A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.

"The circus will be in town next week."

Illustration agility

agility noun

/əˈdʒɪl.ə.ti/

The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion

"His superior agility countered his lack of strength."

Illustration skill

skill noun

/skɪl/

Capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate.

"My son's improved his skill at playing the piano. "

Illustration audience

audience noun

/ˈɔːdi.əns/

A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.

"We joined the audience just as the lights went down."

Illustration balancing

balancing verb

/ˈbælənˌsɪŋ/ /ˈbælənsɪŋ/

To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.

"The baker was carefully balancing the scale by adding small weights until both sides were equal. "

Illustration amazed

amazed verb

/əˈmeɪzd/

To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex.

"He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot."