gymnastics
a sport with difficult movements like flips and balances
A sport in which people perform controlled physical exercises and routines that test strength, balance, flexibility, and coordination, often on apparatus such as bars, beams, rings, or a vault.
exercises that build strength and flexibility
Physical exercises like stretches, balances, and strength movements done to improve fitness, sometimes as training for the sport of gymnastics.
a class where you learn gymnastics
A school or club class in which students are taught and practice gymnastics skills and routines.
- Base: gymnastics
- Plural: gymnastics
artistic gymnastics
1apparatus-based gymnastics discipline
gymnastics with events like floor and vault
- She qualified for the artistic gymnastics finals on the vault.
- Artistic gymnastics is one of the most watched Olympic sports.
- He trains in artistic gymnastics six days a week.
- I watch artistic gymnastics at the Olympics.
gymnastics meet
1organized gymnastics competition
a competition for gymnasts
- We’re going to a gymnastics meet this weekend to watch her compete.
- Their team won the gymnastics meet by less than a point.
- He was nervous before his first gymnastics meet.
- My sister has a gymnastics meet on Saturday.
mental gymnastics
1complicated or forced reasoning
thinking in a very complicated way to justify something
- It took a lot of mental gymnastics to make his story sound believable.
- She accused the company of mental gymnastics to avoid admitting fault.
- Without mental gymnastics, the argument doesn’t make sense.
- That explanation feels like mental gymnastics.
rhythmic gymnastics
1dance-based gymnastics with apparatus
gymnastics with music and a ribbon or hoop
- Her rhythmic gymnastics routine featured a ribbon and hoop.
- Rhythmic gymnastics demands extreme flexibility and control.
- They joined a club that specializes in rhythmic gymnastics.
- Rhythmic gymnastics uses a ribbon.
rhythmic gymnastics
1gymnastics with dance and apparatus
A sport with dance and ribbons or hoops.
- She started rhythmic gymnastics when she was six.
- Rhythmic gymnastics routines are performed to music.
- The club offers rhythmic gymnastics classes on Saturdays.
- My sister does rhythmic gymnastics.
verbal gymnastics
1clever but evasive wording
using complicated words to avoid being direct
- The spokesperson’s verbal gymnastics didn’t answer the question.
- He relied on verbal gymnastics to defend the decision.
- Voters are tired of verbal gymnastics and want plain answers.
- He used verbal gymnastics instead of saying yes or no.