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gymnastics

 noun
     
Related topics: Other Sports
gym‧nas‧tics [uncountable]
1DSO a sport involving physical exercises and movements that need skill, strength, and control, and that are often performed in competitions:
a gymnastics display
We don't do gymnastics at school.
3

verbal/linguistic gymnastics

using words in a very clever way
—gymnastic adjective:
The girls went through their gymnastic routine.
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