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gymnastics

[ jim-nas-tiks ]

noun

  1. (used with a plural verb) gymnastic exercises.
  2. (used with a singular verb) the practice art, or competitive sport of gymnastic exercises.
  3. (used with a plural verb) mental feats or other exercises of skill:

    Verbal gymnastics.



gymnastics

/ dʒɪmˈnæstɪks /

noun

  1. functioning as singular practice or training in exercises that develop physical strength and agility or mental capacity
  2. functioning as plural gymnastic exercises


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gymnastics1

First recorded in 1645–55; gymnastic, -ics

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Example Sentences

She first chats about doing gymnastics, track, and soccer in high school while managing the wrestling team.

The legal gymnastics necessary to create such impenetrable networks is a testament to the ingenuity of well-paid attorneys.

No verbal gymnastics like Lennon, not even a joke—just one flat line, so mumbled and understated as to be almost non-existent.

It was that spectacular and it went on for an hour or two… a mass display of gymnastics and dancing and tumbling.

However, its only teams to win gold were in gymnastics and fencing, both intensely solo sports.

You have even gone so far as to insist upon my practising gymnastics a little.

He got through without difficulty; for he knew the entrance well, and was master of these gymnastics in the sea.

It was equally an interesting plaything and a source of mental gymnastics.

Mathematics may be called narrow, but no one can have sound intellectual culture without these mental gymnastics.

It exercised the intellect and strengthened it, as gymnastics do the body, without enlarging it.

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