(n.) One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.
Example Sentences:
(1) Morrison, atoning for his earlier miss, drilled home Rondón’s acrobatic cutback to pull a goal back for Albion but within seven minutes Chelsea had a third.
(2) In contrast, exercise animals had a greater density of blood vessels in the molecular layer than did either the acrobatic or inactive animals, suggesting that increased synaptic activity elicited compensatory angiogenesis.
(3) Inside was the world's biggest map, depicting all of New York state, laid out in sparkling terrazzo, across which troupes of acrobats and dancers would perform, and the animals of the kiddies' petting zoo would snuffle.
(4) Luis Suárez acrobatics end Arsenal’s unlikely resistance at Barcelona Read more Bayern showed their first signs of life just before the break when Müller’s effort was saved by Buffon and the ball rolled narrowly wide from a Robert Lewandowski deflection.
(5) 8.00pm BST 14 min: Commons tries to trick the keeper by cracking a freekick in at the near post rather than crossing, but you have to get up earlier than that to diddle Smokin' Mokin, who beats the ball away acrobatically.
(6) | Lucia Graves Read more It was an attempt to resurrect the long-dead genre of vaudeville, only replacing acrobats with Rick Santorum and tenors with veterans.
(7) I used to do trapeze and aerial acrobatics, and I always danced ballet, jazz and street dance.
(8) This late-night spectacular brought together comedians and professional wrestlers in a carnival of acrobatic violence.
(9) Patrice Evra's cross took a deflection but Danny Welbeck was acrobatic enough to volley past Costel Pantilimon.
(10) 12.48pm BST 'Linguistic acrobatics' by energy minister Here is the Guardian's latest story on the energy prices row , by Hélène Mulholland.
(11) Last year's final, won by acrobatic troupe Spellbound, averaged 12.3 million viewers, according to overnight figures .
(12) It was established that unsatisfactory sanitary and hygienic situation for members of the orchestra, workers taking care of animals and others, physical and neuroemotional load of gymnasts, acrobats and their assistants, induced uncomfortable work posture of conjurers and gymnasts were in some cases regarded as the main unfavourable occupational factors.
(13) She sees things others don’t.” England’s coach once again had Bardsley to thank for acrobatically repelling Diana Ospina’s cross-shot but must have cursed when Lianne Sanderson miscued an extremely inviting chance conjured by Nobbs’s low centre.
(14) One hopeful is a martial arts expert who just auditioned to do acrobatics in the JLS tour.
(15) Back in Whitstable the kite-surfers were having a ball, leaping high above the sea in the strong gusts of wind, their acrobatics watched forlornly by the seagulls, waiting to scavenge discarded chip wrappers that would never come.
(16) Whenever Bale went into a tackle there was a state of panic among Welsh fans and journalists, and Twitter was bordering on meltdown when he attempted an acrobatic volley while suffering with cramp.
(17) Acrobatic and gunnery training flight phases were considered physical load, strong interpretative actions, and emotional stress tasks.
(18) The full title of this event is the artistic gymnastics, and for 2012 the event seems to want to place the emphasis on art; thus the competitors were played in with a curious acoustic set from singer Pixie Lott, standing in the middle of the floor mat, surrounded by feline acrobats in latex body stockings.
(19) Unitl recent times, reports concerning voluntary nystagmus have been dismissive, most observers regarding the phenomenon as a form of ocular acrobatics or an amusing party trick.
(20) financial acrobat (@finansakrobat) Every single European Index is now in the red.
Tumbler
Definition:
(n.) One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.
(n.) A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
(n.) A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.
(n.) A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure.
(n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
(n.) A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.
(n.) A kind of cart; a tumbrel.
Example Sentences:
(1) We pay €5 each and fall into the 7 Estrellas bar (Travesa Alexandre Herculano, opposite the meat market), where small tumblers of excellent wine from the cask are 30 cents a throw.
(2) Don was there first, nuzzling his tumbler, mulling on the quality of his creative.
(3) Now the fantasy becomes near-reality, as a replica of the 'Tumbler' Batmobile used in The Dark Knight movies goes on sale for $1m.
(4) Platelet concentrates made with an initial pH of 7.85 or 6.85 by addition of alkali or acid were stored at 22 degrees C on tumbler or horizontal agitators.
(5) We suggest that the etiology of diabetes has become analogous to the cylinder of a lock containing many tumblers.
(6) Similar to the way "tumblers" allow users to spend bitcoins without being traced, by mixing hundreds of bitcoins together in the same wallet before passing them on to merchants, it is trivial to exchange one bitcoin for another.
(7) 3.02am GMT Fey and Poehler are back, each with a tumbler of what looks like whiskey.
(8) The Weather Service Nuclear Support Office has analyzed the meteorological and radiological data collected for the following atmospheric nuclear tests: TRINITY; EASY of the Tumbler-Snapper series; ANNIE, NANCY, BADGER, SIMON, and HARRY of the Upshot-Knothole series; BEE and ZUCCHINI of the Teapot series; BOLTZMANN and SMOKY of the Plumbbob series; and SMALL BOY of the Dominic II series.
(9) Perhaps now is the time to reach for altogether plainer tableware and glasses, for Kaj Frank bowls at one end of the price range, but more likely to Duralex tumblers at the other as we face a future of, as it were, porridge and tap water rather than the fine wines and dainty dishes it's hard not to associate with Waterford and Wedgwood.
(10) Harding said newspapers had been undervalued for years, pointing out that when the Times was founded in the 18th century it had cost more than double a coffee or a tumblerful of gin.
(11) Lock cylinders of five manufacturers, employing tumblers of several different compositions, were examined.
(12) The hypotheses developing on that are often extremely suggestive and incorrect hypotheses on the first opportunity sometimes reappear like a "cork-tumbler".
(13) Why does a pack of plastic pint tumblers retailing for £2 appear in a promotional bin with economical-looking red-and-yellow labelling when it isn’t discounted at all?
(14) Microscopic examination of the tumblers of pin and disc tumbler lock cylinders may indicate whether an attempt has been made to pick the lock.
(15) With the tumbler rotator, there was no loss of platelets and antibody binding to GP Ib remained normal.
(16) Similar, but less striking changes occurred in acidified platelet concentrates stored on the tumbler rotator.
(17) The parlor tumbler is a breed of domestic pigeon which displays a hereditary movement disorder resulting in backward somersaulting upon attempting to fly.
(18) Each tumbler, e.g., environment, genetics, or cellular interactions, must be aligned before the key can be turned and an understanding of the etiologic process claimed.
(19) This form of purpura was undoubtedly due to self-mutilation by establishing of a vacuum over the skin produced by a tumbler from which the air had been partially aspirated.
(20) And the tumbler of whisky she sometimes slowly drained between 11am and the end of lunch must have helped.