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calisthenics
[ kal-uhs-then-iks ]
noun
- (used with a plural verb) gymnastic exercises designed to develop physical health and vigor, usually performed with little or no special apparatus.
- (used with a singular verb) the art, practice, or a session of such exercises.
calisthenics
/ ˌkælɪsˈθɛnɪks /
Derived Forms
- ˌcalisˈthenic, adjective
Other Words From
- calis·thenic calis·theni·cal adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of calisthenics1
Example Sentences
I saw people doing calisthenics on the rings and ropes and the volleyball fields buzzing with competition.
"The Daily Show" host, who is hot off an Emmy win, opened the show highlighting the "full cognitive dissonance and language calisthenics" used to describe the Middle East over the last "I don't know, four, five, six, 10,000 years."
You’re not going to have to resort to calisthenics to mash that avocado or that potato.
Instead, reading is like mental calisthenics for film, priming the mind for flights of imagination and empathy.
The movie opens with him speed walking in a circle inside a spacious, elegantly shambolic apartment before pausing to execute some calisthenics.
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