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GYMNASTICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
Synonyms:
gymnastic exercise; gymnastics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gymnastics" is a kind of...):
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Domain member category:
gymnastic exercise ((gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus))
exerciser; gymnastic apparatus (sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises)
chin; chin up (raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gymnastics"):
acrobatics; tumbling (the gymnastic moves of an acrobat)
Derivation:
gymnastic (vigorously active)
gymnastic (of or relating to or used in exercises intended to develop strength and agility)
