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aerobatic

aerobatic

1 7.8
Doing skillful moves in the air to entertain people
  • adjective
  • /ˌɛəroʊˈbætɪk/
translation icon : acrobático
  • The skilled pilot effortlessly executed a series of aerobatic maneuvers during the airshow.
  • aerobatic planes
  • aerobatic pilot
  • aerobatic maneuvers

I mean, he was like a aerobatic Blue Angel fact flyer.

Examples

  • " Flight program has included two air shows, " Legends of the World Aviation " and " Total Sky, " which were attended by the aerobatic team " Rus. "

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  • His passion for flying led him to participate in aerobatic competitions across the country.

  • A film about the performance aerobatic team at the air show in Russia: "100 Years of the Russian Air Force."

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  • Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in the history of aviation, the most difficult, the most dangerous aerobatic maneuver ever performed in the entire world.

  • Antonov in Gostomel, together with an aerobatic display team "Rus," read some facts about the plane.

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  • The An-225 is performing with the aerobatic team "Rus" from Vyazma.

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  • This is part of a large mass of starlings, numbering over 1 million, that congregate every evening at sunset during the winter months to perform an elaborate aerobatic display before roosting for the night in conifer plantations.

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  • We watched in awe as the aerobatic team performed breathtaking flips and loops in the sky.

Synonyms

acrobatic
vsaerobatic
10 4.2

Showing fast, skilled body movements like flips and jumps

is specific to complex showy flying maneuvers performed for display

Surface Forms

aerobatic positive

Morphology

aerobatic = aerobatics (semi-transparent) = aero + bat + ic

The combining form 'aero-' and the suffix '-ic' help infer 'relating to air maneuvers', but the internal element is not a standalone English word, so the relation is only partly obvious to learners.

Etymology

Aerobatic comes from aero- ('air') and the idea of an acrobat, a skilled performer who does jumps and flips. So aerobatic means making skillful, showy moves in the air.