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calisthenics
or cal·lis·then·ics
[ kal-uhs-then-iks ]
/ ˌkæl əsˈθɛn ɪks /
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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.
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Origin of calisthenics
1840–50;
cali- (variant of
calli-) + Greek
sthén(
os) strength +
-icsOTHER WORDS FROM calisthenics
cal·is·then·ic, cal·is·then·i·cal, adjectiveWords nearby calisthenics
caliper,
caliper rule,
caliph,
caliphate,
calisaya,
calisthenics,
calix,
Calixtine,
Calixtus I,
Calixtus II,
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Words related to calisthenics
act,
action,
activity,
drill,
examination,
lesson,
movement,
operation,
performance,
problem,
study,
task,
test,
training,
workout,
constitutional,
discharge,
discipline,
exercising,
exertion How to use calisthenics in a sentence
“I designed my own rehabilitation program—calisthenics, running and other exercises,” Bucca was quoted saying.
Meanwhile, CrossFit has taken the relatively solitary world of weightlifting and calisthenics and spun a communitarian dreamland.
I go up to my gym and do the main part of my workout, which will include various calisthenics, followed by a four-mile run.
Tops of trees still sweep toward the ground every few minutes, as if doing calisthenics.
Teachers led them in brisk, mostly stationary, calisthenics.
Colston's girls' day school includes domestic economy and calisthenics.
Miss Beach is quite competent to teach Emmie spelling and you dancing and calisthenics, and her manners are not your business.
Anyway, boys do not care greatly for calisthenics and most drills can be given without these trappings.
She was mercifully oblivious of the fact that her tub-calisthenics had made her no more exquisite than a cow in a kimono.
I wish them to be thoroughly taught, especially music and calisthenics.
British Dictionary definitions for calisthenics
Derived forms of calisthenics
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