gymnastics
/dʒɪmˈnæstɪks/
noun
- A sport involving exercises that develop strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination, such as tumbling, vaulting, and using apparatus like bars and beams.
- The Olympic gymnastics team wowed the crowd with their routines.
- She has been practicing gymnastics since she was five years old.
- He joined a local gymnastics club to improve his tumbling skills.
- Complex or skillful physical or mental activity, often requiring great control or agility.
- Solving that puzzle required some serious mental gymnastics.
- The politician performed verbal gymnastics to avoid answering the question directly.
- The dancer's emotional gymnastics in the performance left the audience in awe.
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