Acrobat

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acrobat \Ac"ro*bat\, n. [F. acrobate, fr. Gr. ? walking on
     tiptoe, climbing aloft; ? high + ? to go.]
     One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other
     daring gymnastic feats.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  acrobat
       n : an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and
           coordination

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "acrobat":
     aerialist, bareback rider, circus artist, clown, contortionist,
     equestrian director, equilibrist, flier, funambulist, gymnast,
     high wire artist, high-wire artist, juggler, lion tamer,
     palaestrian, pancratiast, ringmaster, ropewalker,
     slack-rope artist, snake charmer, sword swallower,
     tightrope walker, trapeze artist, tumbler, weightlifter
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Acrobat
       
           A product from {Adobe Systems, Inc.}, for
          manipulating documents stored in {Portable Document Format}.
          Acrobat provides a {platform}-independent means of creating,
          viewing, and printing documents.
       
          {Acropolis: the magazine of Acrobat publishing
          (http://www.acropolis.com/acropolis)}.
       
          (1995-04-21)