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gymnastics

gym·nas·tics
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [jim-nas-tiks]
    • /dʒɪmˈnæs tɪks/
    • /dʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [jim-nas-tiks]
    • /dʒɪmˈnæs tɪks/

Definitions of gymnastics word

  • noun gymnastics (used with a plural verb) gymnastic exercises. 1
  • noun gymnastics (used with a singular verb) the practice art, or competitive sport of gymnastic exercises. 1
  • noun gymnastics (used with a plural verb) mental feats or other exercises of skill: Verbal gymnastics. 1
  • noun gymnastics Exercises developing or displaying physical agility and coordination. The modern sport of gymnastics typically involves exercises on uneven bars, balance beam, floor, and vaulting horse (for women), and horizontal and parallel bars, rings, floor, and pommel horse (for men). 1
  • uncountable noun gymnastics Gymnastics consists of physical exercises that develop your strength, co-ordination, and ease of movement. 0
  • adjective gymnastics Gymnastic is used to describe things relating to gymnastics. 0

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Origin of gymnastics

First appearance:

before 1645
One of the 44% oldest English words
First recorded in 1645-55; See origin at gymnastic, -ics

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Parts of speech for Gymnastics

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

gymnastics popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for gymnastics

noun gymnastics

  • vaulting — the act of vaulting.
  • workout — a trial or practice session in athletics, as in running, boxing, or football.
  • horse — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
  • tumbling — an act of tumbling or falling.
  • floor exercise — a competition in which each entrant performs a routine of acrobatic tumbling feats and balletic movements without any apparatus on a specifically designated floor space, usually 12 meters (39 feet) square and having a matlike covering.

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