a skilled performer of gymnastic feats, as walking on a tightrope or swinging on a trapeze.
2.
a person who readily changes viewpoints or opinions.
Origin
1815-25; < Frenchacrobate < Greekakróbatos walking on tiptoe, equivalent to akro-acro- + -batos, verbal adjective of baínein to go; French word may be recoinage, or etymological reading of the Gk word
Examples from the web for acrobat
More than seven centuries ago, some daring acrobat had pounded them with a rock harder than sandstone.
British Dictionary definitions for acrobat
acrobat
/ˈækrəˌbæt/
noun
1.
an entertainer who performs acts that require skill, agility, and coordination, such as tumbling, swinging from a trapeze, or walking a tightrope
2.
a person noted for his frequent and rapid changes of position or allegiances: a political acrobat
Derived Forms
acrobatic, adjective acrobatically, adverb
Word Origin
C19: via French from Greek akrobatēs acrobat, one who walks on tiptoe, from acro- + bat-, from bainein to walk
Word Origin and History for acrobat
n.
1825, from French acrobate (14c.), "tightrope-walker," and directly from Greek akrobates "rope dancer, gymnastic performer," related to akrobatos "going on tip-toe, climbing up high," from akros "topmost, at the point end" (see acrid) + stem of bainein "walk, go" (see come).
acrobat in Technology
text, product 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 (https://acropolis.com/acropolis). (1995-04-21)