From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Sport, Performingacrobatac‧ro‧bat /ˈækrəbæt/ noun [countable]DSAPsomeone who entertains people by doing difficult physical actions such as walking on their hands or balancing on a high rope, especially at a circusExamples from the Corpusacrobat• Apparently he was something of an acrobat as well.• But times are hard, and bands of itinerantjugglers and acrobats have gone before them, picking the villages clean.• Here are acrobats, storytellers, letter writers, snakecharmers and teeth pullers.• The story ends at a funeral, hovered over by a surrealballoon, from which hangs a fanciedfemaleacrobat.• Stage acts include acrobats, musicians and puppeteers.• You know, like acrobats do, head tucked in and roll over.• Something that didn't involve dangerous musicians and madacrobats.• They love the flyingtrapezeacrobat who dances and swingsoperated only by sand.Originacrobat(1800-1900)Frenchacrobate, from Greekakrobates, from akrobatos"walking on the ends of the toes", from akros"nearest the end or top" + bainein"to go"