acrobat

«acrobat» in Mova's school dictionary: a performer who does difficult and exciting movements… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an acrobat, acrobats)

meaning for a pupil

An acrobat is a performer who does difficult and exciting movements like flips, balancing and jumps, especially in a circus. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories it is about circus performers, gymnasts and very agile animals. Phrases: circus acrobat, trapeze acrobat, a natural acrobat.

examples

• The acrobat did a backflip on the tightrope. tree →
• Chinese acrobats can balance on each other's shoulders. tree →
• Monkeys are acrobats of the forest. tree →
• She wants to be an acrobat when she grows up. tree →
• The acrobats flew from one trapeze to another. tree →
• Our cat is a real acrobat on the fence. tree →

note

Countable: an acrobat. Adjective: acrobatic; noun for the skill: acrobatics. Safety: practise flips only with a trained coach and mats.

In the corpora

• Squirrels are skilled acrobats that solve puzzles to reach bird feeders, and some people build squirrel obstacle courses for fun.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «acrobat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.