acrobat

Meanings

Noun

• An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

Verb

• To practise acrobatics.
• To move like an acrobat (with agility, balance, long leaps, etc.).

Origin

• From French acrobate, from Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης, from ἀκροβατέω, from ἄκρον + βαίνω.