(used with a pl. verb) Physical exercises designed to develop and display strength, balance, and agility, especially those performed on or with specialized apparatus.
(used with a sing. verb) The art or practice of such exercises.
Complex intellectual or artistic exercises: mental gymnastics.
Informal Feats of physical agility: had to go through gymnastics to cross the slippery walk.
(used with a pl. verb)
Complex intellectual or artistic exercises: mental gymnastics.
Informal Feats of physical agility: had to go through gymnastics to cross the slippery walk.
Main Entry: gym·nas·tics Pronunciation: jim-'nast-iks Function: noun plural but singular in construction : physical exercises designed todevelop strength and coordination —gym·nas·tic/-'nast-ik/adjective